How We Made Our Walk-In Fruit Cage | DIY BUILD

DIY FRUITCAGE | ALLOTMENT UK | UK HOMESTEAD
Join us at the beginning of our allotment journey as we start making our new plot our own. We were offered an allotment in the town that we live in after being on the waiting list for over a year.
This video shows how we built ourselves a walk-in fruit cage for our raspberries, strawberries and blackberries.
Our aim for this project was to save money by building it ourselves rather than buying ready made.
The overall measurements of the fruit cage are: 5.6m long x 2.8m wide x 2.1m high (approx 18ft x 9ft x 6ft)
We spent approx: £180 on 18 lengths of timber and £30 on netting. (But we have some timber & netting left over to build additional sections)
We also used some items we already had.
All items used:
Timber: 50mm x 25mm 4.8m lengths (1”x2” approx 16ft) - 18 lengths
From a local builders merchant (Jewsons)
Scaffold board for the door
Screws: (2” & 3” wood screws)
Hinges: (3” zinc plated)
Paint: Cuprinol Fence Paint in Charcoal
Netting: 20mm mesh, 4m x 25m (we didn’t use it all) www.oaklandgardens.co.uk/anti...
Staples
Tools Used:
- Compound Saw on legs
- Screw Driver
- Tressels
- Set Square
- Tape Measure
- G Clamps
- Stapler
- Lump Hammer
- Hop Up Step
Please consider liking and subscribing if you’re interested in following our allotment/homesteading journey.
For day to day updates check out our Instagram’s:
Tahnee’s - / life.in.norfolk
Pete’s - / back_to_nofolk
#allotment #fruitgarden #fruitcage

[@kiddyzheng]

very nice cage. thanks for sharing!

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Thank you very much!

[@andrewdavies984]

Great photography and narration. Great work... so satisfying to make it yourselves... so so impressed....Well done 😃👍. This year I made 5 shed window frames... using a Router for the first time to make rebates for the glass. Also made a door for the 1st time and hung it 😃

[@user-jr8ou8qc4z]

Well done, good job

[@henryisaacs525]

exellent video will be copying it thanks henry

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Glad you found it helpful :)

[@gswan666]

Just what I want to build for our first allotment and a lot cheaper than a bought cage...👍

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Great job

[@martinehans-jorie3007]

Very informative 👏

[@lynngribbon4989]

Amazing job❤ it. Looking forward to seeing it all finished. Hard to beat them handy hubby's

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Thank you ☺️

[@myrustygarden]

Wow very impressive and isn’t it great to have a builder that works cheap 😂😂😂. My poor hubby has a list every spring that somehow ends up being a list all year. Thank you for sharing 👍🇨🇦🐝 safe

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Thanks ☺️ yes, we have a very long list to be getting on with too! 😂

[@anitahorsley2953]

Awesome job!

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Thanks 😊

[@jeffturner9803]

Thank you for you video, I used it to make ours

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Glad you found it helpful :)

[@jhansi1402]

So cool... Great simple idea put together... Good luck... 😍

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Thanks ☺️

[@finneysimon]

Thanks for this excellent video. We have just started thinking about putting in a permanent fruit cage for our various currant, blueberry, fig, and other soft fruits. This modular approach looks great. I had been thinking about thicker posts, but I feel your slim but braced frames are more manageable. I’d be interested to know how the frames have stood up to any high winds. Cheers

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

WE’ll be doing an update video soon :)

[@JohnElHanafi]

Great Job! Nice garden :) We have similar space and we focus mainly on raised beds, pretty fantastic! I am guessing you are in the U.K? We are in the U.S PA. What's the most common veggies you get in your area that do well in spring/summer?

[@tassiegirl1991]

Thank you very helpful. Could i suggest where the netting ends you put a strip of batten over it to protect from fraying

[@franlooving4203]

I love the look. I didn't understand any numbers or measurements, but just watching was a big help. I love to hear how it is holding up to daily use. Are critters getting under it? Are critters chewing through the net? I ask these questions because both have happened to my betty cage that I ordered online. Thank you.

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

The fruit cage is holding up well and we have now extended it so it’s twice the size. There’s no fruit yet as it hasn’t warmed up yet in the UK but the deer are being kept out well. Finger crossed it hold up to the birds when the berries are there to tempt them!

[@Nitecrow314]

No thumbs were lost during the making of this video. Looked like he had a bloody good try though !

[@jamesstorey7308]

I've just copied this.. .Brilliant but not sure why i needed 20 bits of wood, not 18. I didn't have any spare either lol

[@danielearley5062]

Great job, might have to use those plans when I'm able to build mine. Can you confirm that the cage is attached to posts in the ground, not resting directly on the ground as I'd be concerned about the lower bar of the cage rotting. Thank you. 🙂

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

Yes, we’ve driven stakes into the ground at the end of each section and screwed them to the uprights. Hopefully it won’t rot too quickly as we’ve treated the wood. We’ll do a follow up video later in the year after we’ve had our first harvest to show everyone how it’s holding up.

[@danielearley5062]

@@BeyondOurAllotment Thank you.

[@AisForCat]

Is an allotment a community garden?

[@SD-zk2te]

How do you keep the fruit cage from falling over due to wind? What was done to hold it on the ground?

[@BeyondOurAllotment]

They hammered wooden stakes into the ground and screwed the fruit cage into them

[@SD-zk2te]

@@BeyondOurAllotment thank you!