Netting for peas

I planted out two rows in a raised bed at the weekend and netted over the canes as they help support the net anyway.

I will remove the net as soon as they start marching up the sticks. They are to tempting for the birds at the moment. I done this last year and the birds left them alone once they got established.
I hate netting it's horrible to put on and have it look tidy.

ok thanks. i've only got the cheap poundshop netting at present so will have a go with that tomorrow.

Although pigeons will sometimes have a peck at almost anything they tend to specialise in brassicas and peas.

I find that colonies of sparrows sometimes seem to collectively "learn" a new fad - in my case it's pecking runner bean flowers (and occasionally the shoots) apparently just for the fun of it,  they were also a complete pain in the neck when I grew summer raspberries but don't seem at all interested in the autumn ones.

Up to now sparrows have shown no interest in my peas............

I've actually managed to grow some peas in the garden this year, because I've put some netting up to stop the sparrers 

Well, that's just the dilemma isn't it Mum - to net just about everything "just in case," or to find out too late that a crop that was "safe" last year isn't this time around!

I don't want to turn my garden into a sea of netting so I err on the "crossed-fingers" side of things, but that doesn't mean that one day I won't regret it! 

I know what you mean 
As I've said before my garden is across a footpath at the front of the house, so although it spoils the view from the house somewhat it means I get a bit of privacy in the back half of the garden.
It's harder for the neighbours to spy me through the netting 

Why wot you up to in there?

I started some early peas off in a pot with a hazel wigwam a couple of weeks ago. The first 2 or 3 shoots had emerged but have been nibbled to ground level over the last day or so. I have been cursing the slugs and applying pellets to the pot and the ground. After reading this I think the birds might be the culprets afterall ! I never thought to net them. I think l'll push some more seeds in and net this time.