Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Cinnamon]

I have just been down the garden to pick my peas for supper tonight & every last pod on the plants has gone

No empty pods on the ground & no signs of nibbling either.

 

Its so annoying - I have been meaning to harvest them all week,but waited until today - the plants were heavy with full pods just 2 days ago

 

I am flabbergasted!

[Lesley]

Oh!

 

do you suspect human or animal?

[theherd123]

Whatever has been eating your peas has also been eating my courgette!

 

A mouse maybe?

[Cinnamon]

The pods, & there were a LOT of them,were just snapped off,so I suspect pigeons or mice

The garden is pretty much human proof,so it must be someting furry or feathery

[Christian]

Hate to mention it but rabbits?

 

I have been having a nightmare with them

[Cinnamon]

They would have to be good climbers Christian - these pea plants were tall

 

Actually,the dog keeps most things out,& the garden is boardered by a stream on 2 sides,so I don't think bunnies are the problem.

[Christian]

Bunnies with a raft and a ladder??

[Valkyrie]

Streams usually equals ratties! The pigeons have ignored my peas this year (so far - touch wood). I have seen evidence of slugs/snails and I think Mr and Mrs Woodmouse have been having a taster of a few - nibbled ends, but the pods are still on the plants and the bumper crop this year (that would be a first) can probably cope with a few losses. At our rat infested allotment years ago, the rats bit off the pods so that they dropped below for collection - they carry the whole thing down their runs, so it sounds as though they could be the marauding culprits that are pinching your peas. Can you see any signs of a regular little path/tunnel around your veggie patch?