Hello. I just planted 18 fruit trees at my new property in Lakeside, CA. The pre-existing peach trees were savaged by animals before I could even harvest a single peach, so I was thinking about setting up cages around the trees. Is it feasible to fashion a single large cage that would encompass all of the trees? My idea (and please tell me if I’m being too protective) is to use PVC to fashion a series of 10’ x 12’ panels with the lower 3’ fashioned of chicken wire and the upper 9’ a sturdy bird netting. Each panel will be braced in the ground with rebar and securely connected to it’s neighbors with appropriate ties/fasteners/etc. One panel will have a door fashioned of PVC pipes with the same composition and attached with hinges. The top will be bird netting with either additional PVC pipe or wire for support.
As the idea is modular, my hope is to be able to put it up after the blooms start to fall, and take it down after the harvest. I will store it in my barn, so that the elements don’t degrade it quicker than necessary.
Now…can someone tell me if this is a foolish thought borne from the intense anger of not getting a single peach, or is it actually a workable plan?