michael adams wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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We have never had this problem before as we have always had plenty of cats
wherever we have gardened. On this new allotment we have not seen a cat
(or
Fox) and our peas, which were just coming up, are being eaten by mice.
What is the best method of protection?
Traps or bait or what???

Protect them with half a 2 ltr. lemonade bottle around each plant,
and maybe the same with beans ?

An air hole can be made in end of the bottom half of the bottles
with anything - an old screwdriver etc - heated to red heat over
the gas.

I quarter-filled a bottle with moulding plaster, rolled the
bottle continually to make a hollow plaster mould, cut the bottle
away and after painting on release agent on the outside
laid on a rigid glassfibre sleeve\ring. Around three layers
of glassfibre. And then broke the plaster mould away. This is
used to cut the circular groove for the half bottle to fit into,
in stony ground. The bottles can tend to buckle otherwise.

Not all lemonade bottles are the same diameter so its necessary
to stick to the same brand, for the above to work.


michael adams.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK







Well at least they let them germinate, my peas and broad beans got eaten
soon after planting last year. I ended up putting out mouse traps
baited with peanut butter, caught an average of three a days for several
days! Pity the blighters aren't as edible as rabbits and squirrels!