Bugs

grandMattie

Pigeons? They are very partial to fresh greenery.

They totally ruined Mums young lilac tree, broke it all down eating the new leaves🤬

In my garden it’s deer or rabbits. I have to cover vegetables up with netting and grow flowers they don’t like.

I've got moats around my pots of hostas and young lilies. I stand the pots on stones in a tray and fill that with water. They're not standing in the water, just on their own little island and the slimy little burgers won't swim across

I have some success at keeping slugs of new, tender plants by making mini cloches for them from empty plastic bottles with the caps removed. After a couple of weeks the plants establish enough for you to remove the bottle. I do litter picking in my town so sadly have a never ending supply of bottles.

Plants in pots and tubs are easier. I stand the tub on my gravel for a few weeks to let the plants establish. Slugs seem to dislike crossing the gravel.

Pigeons? They are very partial to fresh greenery.

Probably slugs, after many years of trying all sorts of options either nematodes or slug pellets - ones without metaldehyde which harms wildlife

Squirrels have nipped the flowers off my tulips...

Slugs? They're ferocious. Or squirrels