The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23626   Message #263403
Posted By: Gervase
24-Jul-00 - 06:54 AM
Thread Name: How is your garden this year?
Subject: RE: How is your garden this year?
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm getting bored with peas!
We planted early and main crop, and they've just gone bloody mad this year, yielding around half a pound a day.
Onions are looking good, though they're a month or so off lifting, the Jerusalem artichokes are over 6ft and promisng plenty of winter warming flatulence to come and the fennel must be now hitting 7ft and still growing.
The failures include the carrots, all our lettuce varieties and the spinach - all of them gone to fatten the bloody rabbits.
As for the rabbits, anyone got a foolproof and cheap deterrent? I've tried creosote, netting (dug in - but those buggers can dig deeper), cats and shooting, but for every one of the little sods we stop, another three come and gorge themselves.