Lucky you, they take any d*****m thing that might be green here! I net everything that grows if I want to eat it, if the pigeons don't get them the squirrels will. Use some stakes, bamboo, plastic, what have you, and net over these, making a cage - you want to discourage the pigeons not give them a nice place to sit.
If it is still likely to be frosty you can cover with horticultural fleece, but really broad beans don't need this as they are very tough plants indeed.
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I've never known pigeons take broad beans
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lucky you, they take any d*****m thing that might be green here! I net everything that grows if I want to eat it, if the pigeons don't get them the squirrels will. Use some stakes, bamboo, plastic, what have you, and net over these, making a cage - you want to discourage the pigeons not give them a nice place to sit.
If it is still likely to be frosty you can cover with horticultural fleece, but really broad beans don't need this as they are very tough plants indeed.
Take the cloches off, you are in Bristol I believe, the plants will be fine. B. Beans only need cover in the worst of the winter