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sdant00 Millersville, MD May 11, 2009

I have started my first garden and it is going great. The problem I have is there are several large trees in my backyard that are shedding sticks and stuff into the garden everyday. I am having to remove the fence and clean up every couple of days. I was thinking about put this netting that protects plants from deer over the top to catch the tree dropping (for a better word). Any ideas if this will decrease sunlight. Right now I am on only getting about 5 1/2 hours of direct sunlight and I am afraid to cut that down with the netting.

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) May 11, 2009

How about pruning the trees instead? Netting will reduce the sunlight; how much depends on the netting.

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threegardeners North Augusta, ON May 11, 2009

Depending on the size of the sticks and stuff, just leave them.

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sdant00 Millersville, MD May 11, 2009

It is all small sticks and seasonal shedding of some type. I blieve these are oak trees. I will leave them.

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threegardeners North Augusta, ON May 11, 2009

they'll eventually compost into the soil...I always leave tree sheddings where they fall....doesn't hurt anything.

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