Monty Don shares simple way to stop pigeons eating plants using junk items

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The docility of pigeons can be deceiving as these birds can become a real nuisance, particularly during the summer months when they like to get their beaks stuck into our garden plants, fruits and vegetables.

On top of their destructive tendencies, these pesky pigeons are also carriers of uninvited guests such as salmonella. This becomes a health concern for us humans if their feathers or droppings contaminate our gardens.Seeing your hard-earned gardening work decimated by these birds can be distressing.

Monty Don, the renowned presenter from Gardeners' World, suggests a rather simple approach to warding off these unwelcome visitors - just hang up old objects with reflective surfaces, reports the Express.In his Daily Mail column, Monty said: "When I was a child, pigeons were enemy number one and the vegetable patch was strung with milk bottle tops in an attempt to deter them.

I remember we painted cola bottles bright red and stuck them on bean sticks, although I'm not sure a red bottle is the most terrifying thing to a passing pigeon."In the 1990s all the freebie CDs that came with almost every newspaper got recycled as pigeon scarers, and old cassette tape was excellent strung between canes."This trick may sound bizarre but the flashes of light from reflecting surfaces, magnified by the sun, often confuse the pigeons.