On 20/05/2020 12:27, Nick Maclaren wrote:

The one(s) that attack germinating seeds are extremely annoying, and
what I have learnt by trial and error still doesn't enable me to get
a decent emergence rate for the umbelliferae (e.g. carrots and parsley)
out of doors - and they don't transplant well :-(

Have you got something funny in the soil then?

Parsley comes up like a weed in my garden and carrots like mustard and
cress. My problem is sowing it thinly enough that I don't have to thin
the seedlings out which invites carrot flies from miles around.

Main problem I have is cats using the vegetable beds as litter trays.
And this year with it so quiet pheasants scratching around for worms!

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Regards,
Martin Brown