IT’S great to encourage birds into the garden, both to watch and to help by eating insects like greenfly. The downside is that they can also cause damage to our plants.
We usually think about netting plants during the second part of the growing season, when the birds notice that fruits are starting to ripen, but bird damage can occur at any time of year.
Identifying bird damage
Tender new shoots and leaves can prove attractive to birds early in the season, with many vegetables and some
