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<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mytinyplot/~3/G2ICwEKfV4Y/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><img src="http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/paxton_1.jpg" alt="" title="paxton_1" width="440" height="293" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1953" /></p> <p>While snuggled up in front of the fire watching my favourite DVD at the moment, <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/mytipl-21/detail/B000H8RW3I">The Victorian Kitchen</a>, I came across something that caught my eye. They mentioned that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton">Joseph Paxton</a>, one time head gardener at Chatsworth, designer and engineer of the Crystal Palace at the The Great Exhibition 1851 and all-round great guy, had invented something called Paxton’s <a title="Strawberry" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/strawberry/">Strawberry</a> Crinoline.</p> <p><img src="http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/paxton_2.jpg" alt="" title="paxton_2" width="440" height="293" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1954" /></p> <p>I was intrigued and went straight to the Internet to look it up. Was shocked and dismayed to find, nothing, not a sausage about Paxo’s Crinoline. What? Really? So I’ve made it my mission to furnish the Web with data.</p> <p><img src="http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/paxton_3.jpg" alt="" title="paxton_3" width="440" height="290" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1955" /></p> <p>Here, in all its glory is a reproduction of Paxton’s Strawberry Crinoline. Sorry about the quality of <a title="photos" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/photos/">photos</a> as I had to take a shot of my TV screen! But you can clearly see what it does. It’s a kind of wire frame (hence the crinoline name) that sits underneath your Strawberry plant and lifts the <a title="berries" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/berries/">berries</a> off the ground. Thus keeping them free from dirt and away from the slugs – a bit like straw but better looking.</p> <p>So there you have it. What a great idea. I’m surprised no-one is selling this – or are they and I haven’t seen it?</p> <p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mytinyplot/~4/G2ICwEKfV4Y" height="1" width="1"/></p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_28383" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a28383" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a28383" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX28383X5X0XaXarticle_rater_28383Xarticle_loader_28383X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28383X4X0XaXarticle_rater_28383Xarticle_loader_28383X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28383X3X0XaXarticle_rater_28383Xarticle_loader_28383X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28383X2X0XaXarticle_rater_28383Xarticle_loader_28383X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28383X1X0XaXarticle_rater_28383Xarticle_loader_28383X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_28383" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a28383">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
