Expensive squirrel food

[Digeroo]

All the overwintering broad beans on my allotment have disappeared.  The first batch were damaged by pigeons, and now the replacements have vanished.  Nice little hole where each bean used to be.   Squirrels are very thorough at least the pigeons left a few behind.

[Digeroo]

[Mortality]

All the overwintering broad beans on my allotment have disappeared.  The first batch were damaged by pigeons, and now the replacements have vanished.  Nice little hole where each bean used to be.   Squirrels are very thorough at least the pigeons left a few behind.

Clever little buggers..I would never of thought of em doing that.

[tonybloke]

it was probably rats that dug them up.

[Digeroo]

Could also be rats, but I have watched the squirrels doing it in my garden.  They seem to particularly like broad beans.  Tend to put plastic bottles over them.  Did not put plastic bottles over becuase was worried that the plants would become to leggy. So much for overwintering BB.  Will try again in Feb, will not forget the plastic bottles this time.  Luckily I bottled up the peas.

[Vinlander]

From the size of the holes I see in the broad bean rows I'd say I've got mice.  The paraffin I put on the seeds has reduced impact but still a few very hungry buggers.