Stop Thief!

[deborahw37]

Faced with some rather sad looking vegetables in the rack and celery and cucumber in the fridge and the last of last season's onions starting to sprout in the garage I decided to make a vat of soup. I felt that the addition of a large bunch of parsley and some chives would be toothsome so pottered into the garden only to discover that between

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[curiouswombat]

Oh what a nuisance - ready seasoned venison sounds like a good idea under the circumstances!

[deborahw37]

And Parsley isn't easy to grow!

Grrrr

[venta]

My chives have inexplicably died in the past week. Given that they're in a tub on a second-floor balcony I probably can't the local wildlife! (Although the squirrels can get up on to the balcony - they bury monkey nuts in my flower boxes. I doubt they're big chive fans, though!)

[deborahw37]

If you let them flower they will have run to seed after which they die back and you get dried stiff stalks and no chives all of a sudden.

[venta]

Oh! You may be on to something. They did flower (which I've seen before, but not seen the dying part). Do I just ignore them for a bit and hope they get themselves in order again soon?

[deborahw37]

Sadly they've now had their chips but if you're lucky the self sown seedlings will start to sprout in a few weeks and you'll have Chives again

[gwendraith]

Mmm, ready seasoned venison, but served up in a restaurant. If I saw a cute Muntjac I would probably forgo the venison :)

[deborahw37]

I'm veggie so wouldn't munch a Muntjac but the little pest can be a right nuisance!

[kazzy_cee]

LOL! How annoying! I have grown my herbs in my raised veg trug and had to get a cover as the cats keeps sleeping on them ...

[deborahw37]

I have a large patch of flat catnip :)

[deborahw37]

It's a small deer, cute but destructive