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Sparrow families are foraging everything edible,even tho I’ve got seeds & fatballs they still want salad too for a varied diet I noticed,I had to cover my lettuce trug with a piece of fleece earlier,can you put strings or net attached safely or fleece somewhere?Last edited by Jungle Jane; 02-06-2024, 02:41 PM.Location : Essex
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Originally posted by Jungle Jane View PostSparrow families are foraging everything edible,even tho I’ve got seeds & fatballs they still want salad too for a varied diet I noticed,I had to cover my lettuce trug with a piece of fleece earlier,can you put strings or net attached safely or fleece somewhere?
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Originally posted by Marb67 View Post
I could but don't want to get them tangled up in it as much as they are causing the issue.Location : Essex
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I've started growing my peas under debris netting at least until the pods start to form, to keep the sparrows off. They can be very destructive and go for the soft new growth which contains the flower buds. Peas are self pollinating so you don't need to worry about letting insects in to pollinate the flowers.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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I deployed some little plastic windmill thingies (the ones you buy for kids) on the plot this year & they seem to be deterring the birds. I think they look quite cute & colourful too. Although I noticed the 'old guard' rolling their eyes a little at the silly lady they at least did it with a smileLocation: SE Wales about 1250ft up
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I've used old fashioned milk bottle tops strung along the row on black cotton - the birds can't see the cotton and the bottle tops rattle. Tin foil sort of works but tears and blows away in the wind, so bottle tops are better, if you can get them.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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They look better than mine,I’ve one pod from one plant that’s survived out of three plants,snails….I did sow more than three peas,I must’ve sowed a hundred in two large containers. I haven’t re sowed any but I did buy new seeds,takes time having to re sow when there’s so much else to do. I get on better sowing in the autumn after the tomatoes are pulled out,sow seeds in those spaces,meteor are good dwarf plants.Location : Essex
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