Crystalmoon I know how you feel, I really do and I am so glad you have found something that works.
(This has been posted on another website but you are the only poster I have found that knows how really angry this can make you feel)
Three years ago when I first got my plot I built a cage around my brassicas with canes and garden netting. It kept the pigeons out but the cabbage-white got in.
Last year I built a cage with canes and debris netting. It kept out pigeons and butterflies but was too heavy for the canes and would collapse at the slightest breeze.
This year I built a frame 18" high using 2x1 timber and, with the debris netting, it's secure from the usual pests and won’t fall down if someone sneezes.
I started planting out my summer & red cabbages & caulis 4 weeks ago and they were growing strong & healthy.
However the local fox population seems to think I have erected some sort of trampoline/lavatory for their exclusive use.
I went over a few nights ago and the nets were down and 75% of the plants underneath were flattened. I did a quick fix but went over again the following morning to do a better job of putting it straight.
And there they were. 3 "Basils" jumping around my plot as if they owned the place.
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
They scarpered when they saw me but I would have given anything for a pack of dogs at that moment (and that’s from someone who tells his small sons that all bugs, worms and small crawly things are God's creatures and must be looked after).
Hopefully the plants will recover but, I swear, if I see another bushy tail riverdancing on m’cabbages I shall be calling for the Essex Hunt to pay Plot 69b a visit.
Failing that it looks like the male members of our family will be weeing in a bucket for a few days.
