Vermin.

Sadgit · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2006, 06:29 »

bury it under the patio....

Sadgit · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2006, 06:33 »

Thanks for all the replies, off to the garden centre to day, to pickup some mesh/flease and I have some tubing in the garage I can make a frame with... wish me luck

hehe

Heather_S · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2006, 08:54 »

No patio, I live in a flat, part of the reason why I have an allotment.
No compost pile, I use a tumbler composter (which is like magic, everything rots down quickly and it never seems to get full!). There are a few compost piles, actually, left by the previous tenant but since those are well-rotted, we'd not like to contaminate them with dead bird :?

shaz · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2006, 08:57 »

:? Weve got rabbits on our allotments. Secretary goes around each morn with gun. We fence off stuff they like ahh bless. I use to like them!!!! know prefer them in a pie slippery little suckers. :x

John · « **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2006, 23:46 »

Pigeons got under the net today - shredded half my brassicas. I nearly caught one as well but my killer instinct was converted into a good telling off (OK I'm a wimp)
Getting more netting tomorrow.

Ian_P · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2006, 21:00 »

Hi
Last year I was attacked by just about every pest you can think of, but the worst was the cabbage white butterflys. I bought some of the netting from the eBay link above, but it is very thin and tears easily. Also the mesh was very large and they just flew straight through.

This year I bought scaffold netting(sometimes called debris netting). You can buy that on eBay also. Its bomb proof, nothing has got through. The only problem are the one inch air spaces which stop it catching the wind. I simply tied them up with string.

I ended up buying 50mtrs for £40, but you can buy less.

The only thing that got my brassicas this year was slugs and I soon dealt with them and we are now harvesting cabbage, celabrese and lettuce.

This is where I got mine from

EBAY LINK
If you know a builder you might get used netting or offcuts for free.

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #21 on:** July 06, 2006, 22:05 »

Quote from: "Sadgit"

I might just get a shotgun!!

Hmm tis odd as they don't touch the purple broc, I know what I am growing next year, full plot of purple stuff.. I guess it is time to get some proper mesh

thanks for the replies guys

The only thing of mine the pigeons really feasted on last year was my purple broc!!!!! Well this year actually, as the blasted stuff took so long to grow!!!

Sadgit · « **Reply #22 on:** July 06, 2006, 22:47 »

found some more fleece in the garage which the guy left behind when we bought the place last year.... well the fleece works like a dream. Had my 1st broc harvest 3 smallish heads and they were oh so tastey

Thanks. next up to sort out the sprouts and peas