FLYING RATS!!!

Ive taken over my new plot and have been chatting to peeps on neighbouring plots about the biggest pests they have and everyone says pigeons

ive been told to cover everything i grow and looking around , some people have gone to extraordinary lengths, one has a 12 ft high fruit cage over his entire plot!!  now, i can manage to cover the onions until they get bigger and have asked hubby to build me a cage for my sprouts but what about everything else?  i wanted to grow sweetcorn but wonder if im wasting my time if the flying rats are such a problem.  would they attack potato leaves too?

why cant they go and annoy the tourists at windsor castle?? what else can i do to deter these flee ridden pests

Same with our plot - pigeons are a nightmare.  Talking to other people I've been advised to wrap video tape between stakes above my crops, net larger plants (particularly broccoli) and hang cds. 

Hi I only used to cover my brassica's  and peas but last year they  had my broad beans as well  - they looked like someone had been at them with a stick we knew it was pigeons because we saw them fly off, this year every thing except potatoes is getting covered

Digger Dave (DD) insists he needs kevlar (bulletproof) netting against his flying rats  He also says he needs to pin the netting down well at ground level as the pests will simply walk under it and into his brassicas.  Pigeons are not shy nor stupid, just an immense nuisance.

I have 2 large blow up owels which I tie onto posts at either end of the plot, seems to do the trick.

Shoot the b-ggers, then roast them they are delicious, after all they have fed on lovely fresh greens

YUK!!, roasted rats!.

blow up owls sound great!! where did you get them.

Really can't remember, try Google I think that's what I done.

wow, thanks salmo.  most of what they dont eat is what i am planning to grow on the plot, so fingers crossed.  i just need to get hubby to build me a frame to net my sprouts under