Dicolouration and Pigeons

There seems to be lots going on in the garden at present. We have been thinning out our lettuce and transplanting them and then feeding some of the ones that are maturing as they are showing signs of deficiency, going too yellow. We haven given them a good feed of chicken pellets as this provide nutrition over a longer period and is organic. We have also given the runner beans a good feed as these too are not a great colour and a growing very slowly at present.
The first crops of turnips are now being harvested and we are already half way through the crop. Our follow on crop is suffering, the retched pigeons are getting there before we are. We are going to net this crop as well. It does seem that our number one pest at present are pigeons









This week we have also started sowing more cut flowers a row of Amaranthus and a row of Sweet William 'Sooty' have been planted which should give us great cut flowers in late summer.
More vegetables have been sown, Pak choy and giant mustard which should give us a great late season crop.
We have also encountered a new problem with runner beans, runner bean rust, this causes blister like holes in the leaves with what can only be described a a coral like growth on the under where the holes are, The RHS advice on treatment is to leave alone and the plant will recover there is no treatment at present and is unlikely to effect yield or the growth of the plant.