On 30 Apr, 22:18, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"bob" *wrote...
that time of year again and the birds are all watching me plant and
deciding who eats what!,what methods have you all found the most
effective,there seems to be no end of clever looking devices,humming
tape,inflatable birds of prey but do they work?,all input most
welcome,thank you all!

We bought a large fruit cage to cover our brassica bed, it's 6m x 6m, and we
move it every year in accordance with our 4 year crop rotation. Good
headroom so we can weed and look after the plants without having to
constantly take the net off and put it back again, luxury.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

I wish that birds were our only problem.
Here we are also plagued by Rabbits, their friends the Foxes and
Badgers as well as birds, so I am in the throws of building a Growing
cage 22m x about 7m, 7ft or so tall,
This will have 90cm rabbit netting around the base and bird netting
over it., trhen just maby we can get some veg.
The badgers have destroyed sweetcorn, carrots and even managed to
totaly remove Jerusalem artichokes.
Something had my grapes last year, the first ones since planting, and
it wasn't wasps.My late neighbour kept Fan tails which since his death
his wife has retained but they have crossed with wood pigeons and
devour any thing in the cabbage family.
David Hill