Hi Colin, I have recently had this problem and I too thought plastic mesh tunnel was the answer. When they chewed through it and ate 3 of my cauliflowers I changed my mind! Since putting up chicken wire fencing there have been no more problems. Other plot holders on the site have used various fencin...

Thank you all for your sound advice. I was so encouraged I went and did some digging. It wasn't easy cutting through the spaghetti-like grass roots but it was good excercise on a fine day. From your comments I now know where I went wrong with the Roundup. After cutting down the 2-3ft high thistles w...

Hi everyone, We have recently taken on a very overgrown plot about 60% of which is thistles the remainder seems to be couch grass. After serious consideration we decided against our principles (organic , chemical free) to use a weedkiller as a one-off to get us started. The 'Round up' was duly appli...