Good Day "40"

Had slight rainfall overnight, just enough to keep the fruit happy and save watering, but need to cover the strawberries now as yesterday just 5 minutes after I said to Anna we have the first strawberry turning, a b....y Blackbird gobbled it up. He best make the most of it because he'll get no more!

And now something is eating the radish! Grrrrgh...

With my daily pain it's hard enough doing anything, but to see it disappear like this really is soul destroying.

Ah well, hi to all POEsters

Sorry to hear about your strawberry Ron, I've bought a couple of childrens windmills to try and deter anything nibbling my peas. They seem the be working, same can't be said for whatever is munching the plants in the pots, I suspect slugs might be at work somewhere 

I'm thinking about planting garlic next year, perhaps it won't taste so nice to the little devils. 

Ruth says>>>same can't be said for whatever is munching the plants in the pots, I suspect slugs might be at work somewhere

Save your eggshells, crush them up and sprinkle them around the young plants Ruth because Slugs and Snails won't crawl over them. Environmentally friendly and making use of the egg shells, if you can afford to buy eggs any longer that is!

Thanks for that Ron, never heard of the egg shell trick before, I shall give that a try. We heard one about spraying the outside of the pots with WD40, the pots smell rather unusual but it didn't stop the Slugs. Now to find some egg shells which means digging through the food waste recycling caddy 

Afternoon James, I trust all is well with you