On 05/09/2012 19:18, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 05/09/2012 18:59, David Hill wrote:
On 05/09/2012 17:15, cotula wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:37:23 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

Went to have a look at my Runner beans this morning and around 20 ft of
them have been wiped out.
What I assume to be a squirrel has cropped them from around 6 inches to
around 15 inches, also chewed the netting as well.
Also a few dwarf peas I'd sown have also been cleared almost to the
ground.
As there's electric netting around the patch I doubt it's rabbits.
David @ a sunny part of Swansea Bay.

In this garden, I would have immediately thought it was the Roe deer
which are frequently around. Might it be deer there?

Gardening on Wilts/Somerset border
on slightly alkaline clay.

Deer No.
Expensive yes



My money's on rabbits. A few years ago I made an allotment in a two-acre
field that I owned. I fenced it all the way round with pig wire putting
chicken wire on top of that - which I also buried to a depth of about 18
inches, the recommended depth to keep out rabbits. My runner beans were
eaten just like yours. I planted some more, and they were also eaten. I
was baffled by this, because I was convinced no rabbits could get in -
particularly as there were no signs of any rabbit digging around the
perimeter. The mystery was solved when I found an almost completely
hidden rabbit hole in the middle of the plot. Yes, I had fenced the
rabbits out, except for these buggers - which I had fenced IN!

I'd have a really good search if I were you.

(I might have also have emailed this directly to you - damn those
Thunderbird changes!)

Yes you emailed it as well, (welcome to the club).
It's not rabbits, no droppings and they don't like the electric netting,
it is put in at a slant so if they go close to try to dig under their
ears catch it, and take my word it has a hell of a poke, I've got caught
twice holding the corner of a poly house and stepping over, but not high
enough, brought tears to my eyes.
David @ a warm Swansea Bay.