protecting peas and beans

[Nigella]

Do I need to protect my peas and beans with netting?

What dod i do with it? Just chuck it over the top pf the canes covering that plants?
???

[Nigella]

[aquilegia]

I've grown runner beans and broad beans before and have not had to protect either of them from birds.

Peas do need protection from pigeons. I don't know about french beans...

[Nigella]

Ahhh netting for my peas it is.  ;)

I noticed quite a few pigeons at the weekend when digging out weeds ! 

Ah roll on Friday .... and diggin  :)

[kenkew]

Birds won't normally fly or land or walk between rows so if you put a row of pea sticks either side of your peas you stand a good chance of being pigeon free. Your sticks are to hand too.

[aquilegia]

Good tip - thanks Ken.

[derbex]

The birds eat my runners at home -but not at the allotment, and leave the borlotti beans (which look a lot like runners) alone every where?

[wardy]

If you use netting be careful to make sure it's stretched quite tightly.  If it's saggy it can trap the birds and kill them  :)