They’ve been in the ground a couple of days, but I didn’t have time when they were planted to net the brassicas I’ve planted to stop the butterflies and smaller pests getting at them so today I put that right, adding over twenty-five metres of fine mesh over the plants.
They weren’t the only things that needed protection from pests either. Most of the new strawberries are covered, but the late-season ones weren’t because I’d run out of the trays I’d used to cover them. Deer have clearly been through the garden since and eaten the leaves off the plants (leaving the fruit, fortunately). For the time being I’ve put some mesh cloches over the top to stop the browsing.