Feeling fed up :-(

[rary]

Thanks for all your replies!

I like the idea of the falcon decoy

Just back from Asda where I got 7 broccoli heads for 16p each so kind of thinking 'what's the point'? BUT I do like growing stuff and have just squashed yet another moth/butterfly in my sprout cloche. No doubt too late Still will try to squid any caterpillars and try the garlic spray thingy.

I at one time thought the same "what's the point" when you can buy your veg at such a price,but when you see the list of chemicals that are sprayed onto farmed veg I now realise that it is a lot healthier growing your own the one spray that I use is from garlic steeped in water with a little bit of liquid eco soap, you could always try boiling a couple of garlic bulbs, but be warned when I did this I was hunted out the kitchen and moaned at for several days because of the smell, but I see you referred to your husband and husbands are more tolerant about such things than wives are like bikermike i use enviromesh which can be bought second hand from berry growers in Perthshire (sorry I don't have an email address) or you could do as Snadger advised and get debris netting I would suggest that you get red netting as apparently plants grow better with a higher red spectrum also I have found that there is not the same pest problem when growing red cabbage. What ever you do enjoy your gardening and look on it as a pleasure not a chore, and welcome to the Vine...............

[bramble]

Hi and welcome.
Yes Rary, that's true.
I grew red cabbage this year, didnt net it and there's not a mark on it.
Dont give up, it's worth the effort.

[Snadger]

Hi welovezig welcome to the forum, I have pigeon problems also, so inept against pigeons and rabbits I also have a major slug and snail problem so it’s slug pellets for me.
For the pigeons I got a peregrine falcon decoy for €10 and mounted on the top of the clothes line. It’s worked at keeping them away as I no longer have my 4:30 wake up call from the pigeons. I grow curly kale at present, I have some January cabbage seeds growing in the poly tunnel.

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I have a plastic Falcon with outstretched wings hanging between two bean wigwams close to my brassicas. I haven't got pigeon problems now but the jury is still out whether the Falcon is the reason .Apparently pigeons are more destructive when they are feeding young earlier in the season?

[Scarlet]

Apparently pigeons are more destructive when they are feeding young earlier in the season?

Tell that to the couple who are nesting in my wisteria by my kitchen door! Second time around. They are a pain

[Penellype]

Tell that to the couple who are nesting in my wisteria by my kitchen door! Second time around. They are a pain

Unfortunately pigeons seem to breed almost all year round.