Ladies... Cats certainly do have a place around the garden, preferably not IN IT! I have 2 cats, who make my garden into a race track. They love to hang out there, and when it's cool, (ha ha, comparatively speaking) in the evening, they chase each other all through the garden while I'm holding my breath as they race through the baby tomato plants I've just set out, sometimes breaking a stem, or knocking over a pepper plant. The plus side is that mice, rats, small snakes, or moles don't stand a chance. Fortunately for me, I'm not allergic to them, but some people are, or for other reasons can't have cats. Anyways, gamebird, are you sure it's mice and not rabbits? Until I got my fence put up, they were eating me out of house and home. Don't know about mice ever eating anything. Some folks say that squirrels like garden veggies. But I was wondering if perhaps you could have a 'special place' somewhere in the corner of your garden where you could toss out an amount of bean seeds, or whatever it is you think the culprits like to eat and let them have at it. I saw a turtle in my garden yesterday and I've been rather concerned about him eating the tomatos, or cucumbers. I may have to find him a different home if I start seeing damage. I know it can be very discouraging to work so hard trying to have garden and then seeing it destroyed no sooner than it breaks ground. I agree with Dawn that cayenne pepper may not work. Hopefully, you'll find out for sure what's doing the damage and find a solution. Good luck! Barbara

Hi Everybody, I need a little help here. There are some little, *really* LITTLE, green inchworm-like things eating the seeds of my coneflowers. They are light green, but the larger ones seem to be a bit darker. I believe they have hatched from eggs inside the coneflower head, and the grub is eating its way out because I saw a big hollow place filled with detrius or frass inside the coneflower. I'd like to know what they are, and I'd provide a photo for you to see them, but they are very, very small (at this point in time) and my camera wouldn't pick up the image. Has anybody heard of this before? There were 6 or 8 inside one single coneflower if that's of any help. I'm going to post this in the butterfly forum, too. Lime

Yep, mice will do anything to get to them and usually have easy access into a GH. Dave

duplicate post See http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/3187340/something-eating-my-seeds-in-the-greenhouse?n=2