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Old 14-11-2011, 10:31 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Pests, can you ever beat them?

Moonraker wrote in :

I've netted my brassicas with fine mesh, this kept the cabbage white
butterflies and pigeons out, however it has supplied a safe environment
for mice, who have rewarded me by eating my young spring cabbage plants.
Sigh


Very disheartening, pigeons were having a go at mine so out came the
netting, no sign of mice yet.(fingers crossed)

Broad beans are just poking through and already are getting attacked.

Baz