Broad Beans and Pigeons

[binley100]

Om my plot I have spring cabbage and PSB that are netted against pigeons, do I need to net the broad beans that are now growing as well or are they not on a pigeons to eat list.?

[Two_Sheds]

I've never known pigeons to attack broad beans

[bluemoon]

No, they leave mine alone too. I well remember at uni having to dissect a pigeon, and its crop was full of peas (and the rest of it full of lead shot, apparently the department had a deal with a pea farmer, one of the grossest things I ever had to do during the whole three years, and believe me some of it was pretty repulsive), so I always net the peas, but pigeons don't seem at all interested in any type of bean.

[binley100]

Been up the lottie this morning and something has bitten off my broad beans at the base of the stems and left them lying on the ground and there is a nice neat small hole dug where the seed would have been. Bugger

[Two_Sheds]

^ that'll be meeces?

[binley100]

Probably or squirrels . How the hell do I keep them away?

[Two_Sheds]

If they only attack one or two plants, it's not a problem. Just plant more to compensate.

[binley100]

They killed 24! Which I know to aome doesn't seem a lot but I'd all ready planted a load of seed which doesn't seem to be sprouting in the ground. These I'd started at home in loo rolls and thought cos they looked nice a strong with good roots I'd planted out two days before attack by killer mice.
I think I'll have to wait till Feb now.