I live on a smallholding on a Scottish hillside pummelled by the wind. The soil is shallow, sodden in winter and dry as dust in summer. It has no nutrition, is full of pests, especially cutworms (half a dozen with every spade turned) and the ground is riddled with weed. Chickweed is the worst; it can literally overnight blanket my plot, smothering out the crops.
When September arrives so do the mice, a devouring plague. I have tried everything but nothing works. Veg growing in this part of the world is hard work and every year I lose 35-50% of my crop. But not any more!
I have come up
