izentrop wrote:Several times, I found rat remains, only the tail and the liver (I believe) and also heaps of bird feathers. I think it is the work of cats, my land is still fenced. 10 cm meshes which allow rabbits and hedgehogs to pass, except for a neighbor who has put finer mesh.Moindreffor wrote:passing cats are only passing unfortunatelyizentrop wrote:I don't have any more, but the ground is open and it comes at night. And then they are less accessible to predators than field mice or rats.
I was thinking of surrounding the vegetable patch with buried fine wire mesh, but not yet done. 50 cm is enough for garennes, see less.
I regularly had garennes in my vegetable garden, but more since I have my cat, he regularly brings them in the house, more or less consumed, even still alive, what cats leave is the gallbladder it seems
I had my rave celery eaten by voles in 2018 harvest in early November, I harvested earlier in 2019 and there were no attacks, however I had it on my potatoes and there it was in season but quite negligible, and my escaroles had their roots cut also this year, but still in November so I think there is a period during which having root vegetables in the ground is risky
I too think of burying wire mesh for the escarole, but finally I think rather to consume my escarole before November and leave on endives of lamb's lettuce and dandelions for the salad in winter