Bl**dy pigeons!!!

[selfsufficient]

Caught a pigeon munching on my second largest cauliflower this morning. Unfortunately when I went out to investigate it has completely decimated my second sowing of purple sprouting, strated munching on my first sowing and had 3 of my cauliflowers. I am not a happy bunny.
Will now have to investigate how to net my whole bed. To top it all, I am writing this listening to the wind howling outside - wonder if i will have any climbing beans left by tomorrow morning! hoo hum

[binley100]

Didn't you net them ?

[GardenFaery]

Flying lurchers?

[Paulottie]

Try the Dasterdly and Muttley netting corp?

One tip...try and make sure net is high enough above brassicas...i have found they won't go under a net but will land on it and peck through

Can't believe the storm either...what a year!

[greenishfing]

I hate the pigeons at our allotments. They sit watching from the overhead electricity wires waiting for us to disappear and looking for a chink in my defences. Anyone with ideas for how to hang, draw and quarter them please send them my way. In fact pigeon pie sounds almost irresistable.

[binley100]

Get a buzzard ..........soon make the pigeons vanish ....

[selfsufficient]

No I didn't net them, never had any trouble from birds before. My brassicas have been happily growing for 3 months without being touched until now!

[binley100]

Never trust a pigeon ....I learnt that from experience .....

[bearded bloke]

There is only one good place for pigeon's ..................

[veggiechicken]

Many years ago, when I was a meat eater, in a Cairo restaurant, we were served a great plate of meat portions with lots of little legs. Someone suggested it was rat and only a few of us actually braved it (me included). It was pigeon! And in Morocco, its a delicacy in a filo pastry parcel with sugar and raisins.
So there are lots of ways of disposing of pigeons!

[Acanthus]

Same here, had a lovely row of collard greens, another of borlotti beans, now just stalks

[binley100]

Never known them eat beans .....that could be the snails . They're eating everything this year , my mate caught them eating her aubergines .......

[Acanthus]

Or could be the rabbit I haven't seen yet but am pretty sure is hiding in the raspberries.... More pie, anyone?

[bearded bloke]

Never known them eat beans .....

But we gotta be extra vigilant these days Bin's,they are getting well educated ...






Who knows what else they been reading,there may even be a spy on here

[Snadger]

There is only one good place for pigeon's ..................

Pigeon breasts wrapped in bacon with a cocktail stick through them to hold the tasty morsel together,cooked on the barbie...................divine!