2025 - What I did today

A few of my outside strawberries are turning pink so I thought to fashion a net over the patch to deter birds, making sure it was pinned down around the edge to keep mice at bay. Last year's attempts at protection we a complete failure, the mice just got through the plastic net, picked the berries and gathered them into a pile for storage. This year I've used a 1cm mesh hoping it'll be small enough to deter any but the most determined mouse, then they'll have a trap to welcome them. Having googled about mice, it seems they can get through 1cm sq. I'm hoping our mice are on the plump side and won't manage it.

Then watered.