I've always heard that adobe clay is rock-hard when dry...tie a bit of your adobe into a corner of the netting...and throw. :) Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net I fought the lawn and the lawn won! > Hi, Penny, I guess that would work if one's garden had any rocks. Ours > is pure adobe clay, amended nicely, mind you, but still adobe. I will > hunt up some concrete chunks at a construction site nearby, should our > snake fail us:) > > Ron > > penny x stamm wrote: > > > Ron, one is supposed to tie a small rock into a corner of the > > netting, and then throw this net up anmd over the tree.... > > (it sez here....) > > > > Penny