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[nafex] tree guards



I've been a pondering tree gaurds, and a deep subject she is what with 
plastic spiral wraps and aluminum foils and all.....But I keep returning to 
window screen.....
	it breathes,
	it can be painted white on the south (I understand that having the shade 
somewhat removed from the tree -rather than just painted bark- is better 
protection)
	the holes are smaller than any field mice I know,
	should last many years even underground a few inches
	can be cheap

	on the last note I called the local hardware store and found that I could 
buy a 100 foot roll of 2' window screen for $62 U.S.  If I cut it into 1' 
strips that's 62 cents each, can you beat it?
	yep!, scrounger that I am I asked the clerk what happens to all the 
discarded screen...it took a while to convince him that someone could 
actually want it!  bins of it he said,  come and get it, espcially come 
spring.
	the quoted price was for aluminum, the common fiberglass was cheaper, but i 
didn't ask
	I just now tried rolling up a 1' by 2' sheet on a piece of an old garden 
handle and it made a nice tight roll......origionally i thought to just wrap 
it around tree (about 3 to 4" tube and staple edges tpogether)   but this  
1"-three-times-around  tube would naturally expand with the tree. It could 
be secured with a quick wrap of twine if needed
	Any better ideas?
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