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Beekeeper · #1 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:13 PM

This year i decide to extend my vegetable plot as my daughter has now got a house with her future husband and i thought it would be nice for her to have some benefit from the garden and save some money in the process.

Firstly the damn Jackdaws thought it would be nice to pull up the young broad bean plants, once the ones left were established they proceeded to the onions and left them neatly deposited still in their lines on top of ther ground.

Then it was the turn of the pigeons to destroy the brussels sprout plants and rip the peas to bits.

Not to be outdone, a pair of goldfinches descended on the vegetable plot and enjoyed the taste of young lettuce plants, now there are big gaps in the row.

Its a never ending battle

BK

Chucky egg · #2 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:32 PM

AND that's without the slugs and snails

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Doggle Avaddit · #3 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:39 PM

Well, you'd better stop growing bird food then

hobble · #4 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:39 PM

Beekeeper, how frustrating, you need a Scarecrow!!
Try old CD's tied to sticks or line, bits of bunting flapping, and something which makes a noise in the wind.
Maybe chicken wire bent over into a hoop will protect plants as they establish.
Well done for trying to help though.

Kayleigh · #5 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:39 PM

well look on the bright side she wont have to thin the plants out..

you could of course use netting..
But that's too easy lol.

Beekeeper · #6 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by hobble

Beekeeper, how frustrating, you need a Scarecrow!!

Perhaps i should make use of the ex Mother-in law

BK

Beekeeper · #7 (**permalink**) 14-05-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chucky egg

AND that's without the slugs and snails

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Had my fair share of those as well but the hedghogs help me out there, that is when the Cavalier King Charles of my daughter is not terrorising them.

BK