Thanks Cosmic,
That's really kind of you to go to the trouble of posting the link. Now, I might be seen as difficult, but the longest stake they have is a six footer or 1800mm number. By the time I bash it into the soil the top will come up to my chin. And within a month or two the tommys will have hit the top.

I suppose I could drill and bolt some together? I'll call them and see if they will do 8-footers or 10-footers, which I could still reach standing on a milk crate.

Thanks for your help :)Grub.

Ignore him Linda.

You can't get rid of me that easily. I'm thinking of visiting the hardware building supplies for lengths of aluminium angle, with holes along them to hold ties, that I can cut to 10ft and use year after year.

Anyone caging this season? Haven't done that yet.

Ray,
I havent' seen a complete list of everything you're growing yet. How's the weather out west now? Seem to be some good spring rains this year.

I'm off to Bunnings for a cultivator for our 46th wedding anniversary present to each other; the one in Launceston has just redone their garden section, so I'll make some enquiries. So 10 foot would build a tomato room eh?

Linda

have you tried star pickets with poly conduit over the top - the conduit can be any length you want and if its long enough can be bent from one star picket to another and forms an arch - a couple of arches and you have a tunnel - big enough for anything you want to grow in under or over.....;-)