Rosebuds for dinner

Go on then, just invite all your friends why not? The rabbits do, the moles do, the pigeons too. Basil for the woodlice and lettuce for the slugs. Mink had the call ducks, the fox didn't realise he was leaving footprints in the snow. Mice eat the beans and peas, and the potatoes get blight. Whitefly on the brassicas, blackfly on the broadbeans, and carrotfly on the ...... carrots..

However.....we eat what's left and it is delicious and well worth the battles.