Protecting Peas in the ground

I don't do it myself, but it's generally reckoned overnight.

I use well weighted down debris netting to protect my initial sowings.

The mice go for the smell of the germinating peas -  masking this with another smell like paraffin stops them digging your peas up. I have found that dusting with curry powder or spraying the ground with chilli sauce solution also does the job. Once the peas are up they tend to just leave them alone until the peas actually form.

A few of my fellow lotty peeps tend to start them of in modules or old guttering putting them out when nice sized seedlings because mice have pinched all past sowings!!

My dad uses paraffin and he hasnt had any mice probs so far - I dont fancy it myself so ive starting mine of in wee pots.

The mice go for the smell of the germinating peas -  masking this with another smell like paraffin stops them digging your peas up. I have found that dusting with curry powder or spraying the ground with chilli sauce solution also does the job. Once the peas are up they tend to just leave them alone until the peas actually form.

Big ben Im wondering what the slugs might make of this