10 AUGUST 1944, Page 11

In My Garden Not all gardeners will agree with the

Ministry in its call for more nesting boxes. For example: the owners of a Buckinghamshire garden lament that they have had to give up the growing of peas altogether, as the birds devour the lot. Doubtless tits are in the company of the jays and hawfinches which have a strong preference for this form of garden produce. Happily the defrauded gardeners in question have been able to substitute mange-tout peas—and there is no more agreeable vegetable. In answer to enquiries purslane and other out-of-the-way vegetables can be bought from George Bunyard & Co., Broadway, Maid-

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