Pigeon damage

Pigeon-pecked cabbage

Some of the cabbages and kale plants in bed three have been pecked by pigeons. I'll have to make a cage out of chicken wire or plastic mesh to keep them off. Grrr!

However, there is a nice row of carrots appearing, and the first sowing of spring onions has shown a few seedlings. The radishes are coming on nicely, too, and the spinach and turnips in bed five are putting forth true leaves. Also in bed five, the six replacement broad beans are all growing well, but the replacement broad beans started in pots and transplanted to bed one are not so healthy-looking. I think the roots poked out of the bottom and either got damaged or dried out before I could transplant them.