Fact or Fantasy (Old wives tales that work) Maybe...

[dajehle]

One of my main problems last year was mice eating my pea seedlings in the poly . Every last one of them. It was either a really fat mouse or one that was very popular with it's mates.

Then I read in a magazine that I lady put a plastic snake in her shed to scare away her pesky mouse.

So off I ran to Early Learning Centre, purchased a plastic grass snake, put it in the poly, and lo & behold... No more mice!

Fact or Fantasy or Coincidence - I really don't mind - it seemed to work.

Anyone got any other cool top growing tips?

[stanhol]

Ha ha ha ha ha

Do you think it would work on the mother in law!!!!!!!!

Fantastic.

Sandra

[sarahspatch]

What a great idea.......do you reckon it will work on rats too?......

We live near a supermarket and have a real problem with rats in the compost bin, under shed and in our loft - I may try that idea!!

[deezyb]

i've read recently that putting a toy rubber snake, eg. from said Early Learning Centre, will deter pigeons and others that will eat our seedlings! clearly works it seems !

[dajehle]

I think rats may be a bit more clued up than the mice... But it's worth a try.

I've also heard a garden hose works as well - but it just didn't look cool enough in the poly. Sidney is doin' great. And I mentioned it to a friend at work and she put a rubber snake in her garage to scare off the mice that were nibbling her husbands kit car. Aparently it worked for her too.

Magic.

Need more!!

[T-lady]

Can't do it - OH is totally phobic about snakes. We had a grass snake in one of the compost bins last year and now he won't go near that part of the garden on his own (bless!)

[Flummery]

Bit of hose pipe works the same - tip from this Old Wife!

Actually I heard something on radio this morning about trying to influence whether you had a girl or a boy and they said there was truth in the Old Wives' Tale that eating bacon and bananas (not together I assume!) would predispose you to having a boy. One old wife here had never heard that one!

[Paulottie]

Normally its slow worms in the compost bins not grass snakes.

[bramble]

Sow your peas in modules and wait until they're big enough to sow out without any danger of predetors taking them.

[gojiberry]

Soak your peas in parafin for a couple of hours before sowing, you may still get the odd one dug up but the majority will be left alone. It has befinitly worked on out lotties after everyone lost the first batch without the parafin.

[dajehle]

Does parafin not do anything dodgy to the soil? Sounds like a good idea if they can't stand the stuff. Will definitely try. Keeping my snake though - it's become part of the family ;0)

[Flummery]

Might do something dodgy to the eater! If the mice won't eat them, I certainly won't. Grow them in pots till they're big enough instead.