| #638 |
Yesterday, I decided it was time to start planting seedlings out that have been hardening off over the last week. Amongst them, were my lovingly grown sweetcorn seedlings, of which I had just enough to make a decent block. Planted them out and then a huge number of strawflowers (and still more to go!), some gazanias, and dahlias and went inside for a drink.
When I came back out, about a third of the sweetcorn seedlings had been pulled up and nipped off from their roots. Utterly destroyed. Everything else was completely untouched. I'm not sure what about the sweetcorn was so completely irresistible, but I suspect that I will have lost the rest by the time I get out there today. Pretty gutted.
I think the wood pigeons are probably the guilty party. I found half a wood pigeon in the garden last week and gave it a respectful burial. Tempted to dig it up and put it on a stake next to my sweetcorn now!!
When I came back out, about a third of the sweetcorn seedlings had been pulled up and nipped off from their roots. Utterly destroyed. Everything else was completely untouched. I'm not sure what about the sweetcorn was so completely irresistible, but I suspect that I will have lost the rest by the time I get out there today. Pretty gutted.
I think the wood pigeons are probably the guilty party. I found half a wood pigeon in the garden last week and gave it a respectful burial. Tempted to dig it up and put it on a stake next to my sweetcorn now!!
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!
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