*learning.
Going to have to up my netting game though. https://ayearontheplot.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/losing-the-broccoli-to-pigeons-mid-jan/ is a basic, low-cost approach. I've got old trampoline netting and some bamboo canes currently. Quick, but still rough.
@scribe when you harvest your pigeons, don't pluck 'em, just take the breastmeat; it's more return for less work, the Fukuoka Principle.