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I HAVE OFTEN SEEN PICTURES OF CLOCHES MADE FROM THE CLEAR PVC CORRAGATED SHEETING.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THE CLIPS ARE AVAILABLE OR EVEN  HAS ANYBODY A DIY DESIGN OF THE CLIP? SINCE I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN ONE IN REAL LIFE ALL DETAILS WOULD BE APPRECIATED
i.e. width of sheets, bending radius of PVC sheeting.
Regards PAUL

I just put canes either side of the corrugated plastic. It works fine, if its a windy site a few tent pegs with string over the top and tied to the pegs works well too.

Hope that help, unless you really want the clips of course ;)

I don't know if they are still available, but we've got some.  They were my dad's.

I really will have to make an effort to learn how to put snaps on here, but failing that, see what you make of the following description:-

The outer edge is a 4' piece of strong wire (about an 8th of an inch thick) bent into a U shape.  About 8" up from the pointy ends another piece of wire has been welded to form an inner U.  What you do is press the 8" of spike into the ground.  You have one clip at each end of the sheet of plastic, sliding it between the inner and outer wires.  They are actually made for flat sheets of plastic, so when we got the corrugated there wasn't enough gap between the two U's, so OH cut the middle section out of the inner U, but they still worked.  You need a piece of plastic or glass to cover the ends, held in place by a bamboo cane. ;D ;D
Are you with me so far.

You can either make one long cloche by putting several sheets of plastic end to end, or you can have short cloches by placing them side by side.

They are very good.

I may be 'teaching granny, but as with all forms of frost protection you need to keep an eye on the weather.  On a sunny day early in the year, you are going to get condensation inside, so you need to slightly raise the hoops to allow the moisture out, but must remember to press them down at night, in case of frost.

We haven't actually used them for several years, and shall have to look how many we've got.  Could probably let you have a few.  You only need two per sheet of plastic.

valmarg