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For those of you who recall my pleas for help in dealing with mice eating all my broad bean plants ( well the beans anyway, leaving the plants dead on the ground !!), I can report a minor success. I grew some new plants in pots and planted them out when they were large enough for the beans to have g...

Can you add used cat litter of the wood pellet biodegradable variety, once poo removed of course, on your compost heap ? In small doses. I did contemplate scattering it as a possible mouse deterrent round my vulnerable bean and pea patch, but a bit worried about side effects on plants themselves.......

Has anybody any tips on how to deter mice from eating our beans and peas ? They seem to wait patiently untill the young plants are about two inches high, and then dig down (very neatly) to remove the remains of the bean - usually leaving the dying plant behind, but sometimes removing those too. I ha...