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the mice are eating my tomatoes which are still green.
i'm on the verge of giving up the vegetables. the shrubs and trees are all doing well. maybe those are the better choice here, given the extra sandy soil.
more berries, nuts and fruits won't hurt anyway.
@kekkerel here it's rather dry so far with the occasional thunderstorm every other week which always bring heavy rain.
after "problems" with slugs last year i just planted the tomatoes in pods and placed those raised onto an old palette on a paved spot. used a few wood scraps and foil to build a little roof to protect them from said thunderstorms. worked pretty well so far to keep the slugs at bay.
now that i don't have a slug problem anymore, i have a mice problem xD
those mice are pretty quick, i don't think i'll hit them with my pellet gun ;)
i want to do more permaculture stuff anyway, but tomatoes are just too easy to grow. if only they stay on long enough without getting eaten :D
Could try traps.
Once upon a time I bought some live traps because my wife thought that chipmunks were getting onto the porch and eating the pumpkin seeds.
Turns out they were field mice. Rotten diseased nasty field mice.
You can use a plastic bag and centrifugal force to dispatch little vermin you've foolishly captured with live traps if need be.
We've gotten an unbelievable amount of rainfall here.
Been out in the deluge pruning the tomatoes, trying to curtail the mold they've been developing before it spreads to other beds.
In my experience, at least, tomatoes will grow in a variety of different soils.
I'd suggest hardware cloth, honestly. Just to keep the varmints from climbing up. Either that or wake up early and shoot the little fuckers with a pellet gun or a 22.