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We get good crops of stuff every year without resorting to killing everything that moves.
In fact, we encourage insect life as most of them are going to help keep levels of the more damaging varieties down.
andyp-
I think it all depends on location. My plot is under the shade of some trees and as such is a haven for slugs, squirrels and wood pigeons. The fat fuckers can't be bothered flying the meter across the path to my neighbors, who are unaffected by the shade, and have glorious crops all year round. I often arrive to see 5 of the bastards sat there feeding themselves. I can get within a mete of them before they fly off. I need a scarecrow.
That said my rhubarb is amazing and my asparagus does well.
olaf_von_pokemon
It seems the take home message about allotments is:
Everything will eat all your fruit and veg before you.
Cover everything up.
Kill anything that moves.