Recommendations on what veg to plant
Spec Offline
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I am going to restart a garden in the field again this year, to start off I will be putting some compost down then cover with cardboard and plant some rhubarb, this will free up a couple of large containers which I will use one for courgettes, still thinking on the other, but I recon rhubarb should be OK to grow in an open field as I doubt anything will touch it, but can you recommend any veg that I could grow in an unprotected area, which is open to deer, rabbits etc.
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I wouldn't rely on rhubarb being pest proof - my chickens eat the leaves. Do you have any plans to enclose any of the veg or are you leaving it all open?
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Scarlet Offline
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Not so much veg but Raspberries don't seem to be touched here...I get the odd rabbit, they usually razor my clematis. Deer love sweetcorn....well the wiltshire ones do!
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Perennial kale is supposed to be popular for birds, but not the cabbage white I think? I've got some, but not big enough to know if it's actually true, or indeed to take cuttings to send you.
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Chard is often spared from the birds here - I really get hammered with pigeons. What I've found is if I grow along the greenhouse ( toughened glass) the pigeons can't land on it. So I've had a good crop of kale/greens foe few years.
When deer have jumped the fence here, it's not just eating it that causes the damage. They flatten everything.
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