cloche

Preposition: from

• freecycle: Allotment Diary for Friday 3rd February 2006 Back to February entries Cloches from freecycle and I discovered resurgence is still alive and kicking.

Converse of object

• put: I put some bottle cloches over the least eaten up seedlings.
• use: Carrots can be sown now for early cropping - use cloches to protect during the winter.
• make: Jim decided the best way to protect the fruits would be to make a jumbo cloche.
• place: Check grease bands Enjoy early strawberries by placing cloches over the plants.
• have: If you have cloches or a poly tunnel, french beans can be sown outside under this protection at the end of March.
• net: Small netting mesh cloches can be used to keep pests and pets off seeds etc. , too.

Adjective modifier

• plastic: I have a dill seedling, safely tucked away under a plastic bottle cloche away from the mean old slugs.
• large: I have some large glass cloches I picked up via freecycle and they would be ideal.
• mini: I'm planning the opposite way up for my bottle tops - mini cloches to hopefully defend against the evil slugs!
• Victorian: Victorian Style Cloche Product information The Victorian cloche is an exact replica of those used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
• traditional: A wide range from traditional cloches to wooden coldframes and huge cloches and professional coldframes.

Modifies a noun

• hat: She wore brother Jock's trousers and a cloche hat to ride her motorbike!
• protection: Where sowing in autumn for spring harvest, cloche protection will be required form October to January.

Noun used with modifier

• tent: I've more sown hopefully germinating in the tent cloche.
• bottle: Bottle cloches: Protect individual plants from slugs by cutting the bottom off a clear plastic bottle.
• glass: The Nash family were fruit growers, producing grapes under huge glass cloches that could be rolled into place on a rail track.
• barn: Covered with a barn cloche or similar they give valuable adaptable lightweight space in the garden.
• place: Place cloches or fleece over outdoor strawberry plants for an early crop.
• garden: His first attempt, at age 14, was to make a diving helmet out of a garden cloche!