"Paul Bernard" wrote in message
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On the mice front try a quick dunk in either paraffin or white spirit
before
planting - the seeds that is not the mice!!
Never had any problems since and our garden abounds with mice, voles, rats
etc as ajoins river and meadows.

Regards, Paul ( 50 years of trying to deter various pests)



Done that with White Spirit, yet they still ate the first sowing and it was
only placing sheets of fine mesh wire over the seeds the second time we got
any to germinate.
However, they were not finished with us and when the pods were nearly ready
to pick they removed them all, the pods just disappeared. Later whilst
clearing up other crops, like cabbages, turnips etc, we found piles of empty
pea pods underneath.
We are on the offensive now!

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Regards
Bob Hobden