I planted various broadbeans and snow peas under bottle cloches but when I went to check on them the bottles are still in place but the peas and beans have gone.
I think what is happening is that there is a mole and then the rat follows the mole along the tunnels under the bottles and then pops up and eats the peas and beans.
I had put chili powder in there as well.
I think that the wretched beasts have now learned that a bottle means there will be a goody underneath.
Has anyone got any solutions. I am thinking of putting a wire mesh below the bottles but then I will have to ensure that I dig them all out at the end of the year.
I have also got some of those ultrasonic devices, they have got rid of moles in the past.
