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Genius
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"Courgettes and Cabbages" -  Sounds like a title for a film or a book!
Do you have any luck with courgettes? I planted two but only one there now - the second having been munched. The same with cabbages. I planted six and have four left. I don't like using slug pellets because of the hedgehogs and sloworms in the garden, so I put up with plants disappearing. The same has happend to three of the tomato plants but I've one or two left.
I ought to get some little cloche covers - I will, eventually.
Penny 
...Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire...
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Genius
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| Hi Penny, If it's a slug/smail problem have you tried covering the surrounding soil with a 2 inch layer of sharp grit, I use horticultural grit around my Hosta plants and it keeps most of those little beasties at bay.
Kath
UK - Zone 8
"People will forget what you said,
People will forget what you did,
But people will never forget
How you made them feel."
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Genius
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Very good idea, Kath. Thanks for the tip. I'll get some sharp sand from the garden centre. I think slugs and snails are probably the problem, though there are a lot of wood pigeons and ring doves around.
...Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire...
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Hi,
I have never thought of using a cake stand/cover as a cloche, I just got the biggest kick out of the cheerios, Mr. Precious is such a ... He will say, Oh, for Foodie Friday? and honey told me that he was letting the bunny get some air! But I like that little cloche vignette the best.
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