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Talkback: Pecked by pigeons

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I too noticed that the pigeons had been at the greens on all the plots that had failed to net. What a shame after all that work.Even the leaves that pushed up my netting had been eaten.
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    pigeons got my purple sprouting broccoli too! One day they were thriving - next day just skeletons - the broccoli, not the pigeons!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Six or eight woodpigeon breasts in a casserole with some onions,garlic, diced celeriac and a handfull of small salad potatoes make a good Winter meal. (Only the breasts are worth cooking, the rest is worthless) We're plagued with them, but the occasional shoot scares the rest off for a week or two -----
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    we also have a problem with the turkeys sorry pidgeons well there as big as before christmas they ate most of our sprouts even the net dont do much any advice
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    has anybody got any advice on how to stop cats using my rose bed and any other part of my garden as their favourite toilet?
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    put powered ginger down to stop cats or get a big dog!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I heard that a hotel in York was using fake Owls to scare the pigeons away.

    I'm going to give it a go when I find one and will let you know if it works.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    About those cats, try water pistols. There are varieties available with motion sensors that shoot a jet of water when a cat passes by. Hilarious to watch as well.
    Or you could try a gravel mulch, just make sure the pieces are not too small. I had a gravelled front garden which was a favourite local cat toilet until the gravel was changed to a larger, sharper type.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Push a couple of dozen short twigs into the soil around the base of the plant, about four inches apart. That will keep cats off.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    water pistols don't work they might run away but as soon as you turn your back they are back, I've only got to turn the key in the lock of the back door and they scoot but only to the other end of the garden to wait for me to go back indoors. yes the sticks work very well but I know people that have cats and they build runs for their cats in their own gardens, thats what I call a resposable owner.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    like ginger,iheard that pepper or chilli does the same.
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