"robert" wrote in message
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Top posting again

These Badgers , is there anyway of stopping them
as it would be impossible to carry on with my flower
and veg. patch , this would indeed be a shame


Some extracts from a post of mine from last year may be of help.

Badgers are creatures of habit and if they are visiting regularly they
are likely to enter and leave the garden in the same places every night,
leaving traces of their presence as they do so - clearly defined holes
in a hedge, dirty paw prints on the face or top of a wall and, after a
while and particularly noticeable when lack of rain has slowed the
growth of the grass, quite distinct paths where they have repeatedly
crossed the lawn.

Please note this point from the OP

"My garden is part of open farmland and cannot be fenced "

which I why I suggested a removable low level electric fence.

Diesel soaked rags will keep them out of coming through a hole in the hedge
but if the garden is completely open like this one the only solution IMO is
an electric fence.. Yes, they are expensive but you can occasionally pick
up second hand ones at farm sales.

I dread getting badgers here, I keep poultry. Badgers will happily eat hens
and have the power to get themselves into quite substantial sheds that would
be safe from foxes.