My beans, my beans - sob!!!

[smallblueplanet]

If they were ready to pick are you sure it wasn't a larger two-footed thief?

[Soyabean]

Must admit the pigeons eat most things on my lotment but haven't touched the beans; perhaps they were leaving them for the mice, the pea and bean weavil and the blackfly.......

[tattylashes]

so sorry that the wretched birds got there first, that sucks....today i went into my garden and found that the flowers are falling off my broad beans and i can see tiny pods growing, this is my frist time, so i am well impressed, i do suggest that you cover the beans with some lightweight plastic mesh, this will keep the critters off them, sorry that they got them first...good luck next time...

[tattylashes]

ma i add that we to have alot of wood pigeons here and none of them have been near my crops, but my cats have a habit of peeing in my soil, also raking up the soil if it is soft, i do have a water gun at the ready incase i see them doing it again....you can buy old net curtains from any second hand shop, these will work. again i am sorry the birds got your beans...nasty little rotters....

[Incy]

Apparently it is legal to kill pidgeons, magpies and squirrels if they damage any fruit or vegetable crops......

[indigox]

Wood pigeons aren't lying rats, they are a pest but good eating.

My ex boyfriend was one of those.


I don't think he would have made good eating though.

[Two_Sheds]

Apparently it is legal to kill pidgeons, magpies and squirrels if they damage any fruit or vegetable crops......

what about cats?

[chriscross1966]

Oxfam?

I've never know Oxfam to attack broad beans either......

[seeds]

Maybe you could try covering them with netting...or use bird scarers like old CDs hung on string. i hope i helped a little.

[Incy]

what about cats?

I'm afraid they are not on the list