Bloody Cats!

Or birds...I'm not sure which, after another slow week in the garden (still pondering whether to go for a brick wall or decked structure for my new raised bed), I had quite a shocking discovery this morning! Some bloody cat (or bird) has messed up one of my carrot buckets!

Once very neat with lots and lots of green shoots appearing, this bucket is now flipping well almost ruined! I am still holding out a bit of hope, and decided that I'd be proactive about it....


....so I constructed this:

Hopefully this will keep away both cats and birds, though I can imagine a cheeky cat coming along and thinking it's a fun tunnel, or something to play with, perhaps I should get a cat in order to keep other cats away.

In other news, my sugar snap peas are starting to pop up! I also noticed today that last year's surprise potatoes are coming again this year! I'm pleased about this as I didn't bother to plant any purposefully, I hope they'll be as creamy as they were last year.

Anyway, here's a hazy photo of the sugar snap seedlings....I guess they'll be needing bamboo and nets as well soon....

....also in the background is the bottom of my blackcurrant plant - looking very healthy!