My beans, my beans - sob!!!

**Snadger** · 09-06-2009, 07:37 PM

Cripes............never heard of pigeons nicking broad beans!

**ann-the-nan** · 09-06-2009, 07:40 PM

My beans,my beans - sob!!!

Reminder to self. Must get some enviromesh. (You can't buy old net curtains round here for love or money)

**Wriggler** · 09-06-2009, 07:48 PM

I am in mourning with you.. lost my strawberries today to birds / rat / cat / ??

Sob..

**Two_Sheds** · 09-06-2009, 07:50 PM

I've never known pigeons to attack broad beans ... and I have 100s of plants on my plot, and 100s of pigeons

**Snadger** · 09-06-2009, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by ann-the-nan View Post

Reminder to self. Must get some enviromesh. (You can't buy old net curtains round here for love or money)

Oxfam?

**Edwardo82** · 09-06-2009, 08:58 PM

The little blighters got my first strawberries as well. My next door neighbour has seen them at hers as well as her peas

I think at this rate we will be having Wood Pigeon one night soon :P

**jenjen** · 09-06-2009, 09:01 PM

JOgette, are you me? I'm blaming rats though.

**Snadger** · 09-06-2009, 09:04 PM

Originally posted by jenjen View Post

JOgette, are you me? I'm blaming rats though.

They ARE rats............flying rats!

**COMPOST CORNER** · 10-06-2009, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by Snadger View Post

They ARE rats............flying rats!

Wood pigeons aren't lying rats, they are a pest but good eating.
Rock dove's (common town/city pigeons) are disease ridden flying rats, but in my experience are less of a problem to crops.

**gojiberry** · 10-06-2009, 08:21 AM

I have pigeons around me nut they don't seem to bother with anything on the lottie, however I do have problems with crows and I have definitely seen them open up the broad bean pods and eat the beans.

Ian

**magz.mccarthy** · 10-06-2009, 08:27 AM

I saw a parrot tucking into my allotment neighbour's gooseberries last weekend .. surreal! It must be an escaped pet! A bright yellow fella, absolutely beautiful.

**Flummery** · 10-06-2009, 08:49 AM

We have had squirrels nicking broad bean plants at our site - they were seen pulling them up by the roots! They also pinch unripe strawbs and make little piles of them under the foliage - a bit like caches of nuts!

I hate to say this, but it might NOt be pigeons.

**jogette** · 10-06-2009, 10:20 AM

Hmm..... maybe not pigeons then, but a group of them flew away from the area as I approached and I only have onions in the next two beds- that's why I thought they were the culprits.

I shall cover the plants that still have beans ripening and see what happens.
We have woodland on two sides of our site and a mature hedge on the third. Evidently a des res for pigeons as we have to cover nearly all our crops. I can just imagine them sitting on a branch looking down and wondering what to have for supper.

**Storm** · 10-06-2009, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by ann-the-nan View Post

Reminder to self. Must get some enviromesh. (You can't buy old net curtains round here for love or money)

I bought fine netting (that could be used for curtains) off the local market for just �1 per metre. It�s been very effective at keeping the birds off. Scaffolding mesh works well too and you can sometimes find it in skips.

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