Was going to post last night, but forgot, blame the zillion postings you crowd had made whilst we were away sunning ourselves in France, to ask what you think might have made a huge meal out of my spring sown broad beans. Went away with the smug satisfaction that there was going to be a huge picking ready for when we got home, and all the big ones were gone! The pods were still there, wripped open. Wondered if it might have been the hare, or the muntjac, but I think I solved the mystery today and caught the criminal in the act - a smelly rodent with a fury tail, a bloody grey squirrel! There are some smaller ones further up the plants, so guess who will be wrapping them up with fleece to protect them! Bloody nature!