drdawg said:When I only grew around a half dozen tomato plants, I built "cages" made of stiff, heavy, plastic netting to go around my tomato plants. Deer were not the problem but birds were. I made a "door" on each cage so that it could easily be opened, allowing access to the tomatoes. Some of those cages were 4'x4'x7' (tall). The five pieces were simply cut out and then tied together with the plastic coated wire twists. The cages were inexpensive, easy to make, and quite effective.
When I expanded my number of plants to a dozen or so, I purchased a cage. That cage was around 6'x8'x7' and had metal, tubular framing and nylon mesh walls, ceiling, and a zippered door. It worked well and was not expensive.
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