Lost to squirrels but winning on seedlings

I’ve given up trying to secure the protective cage over the birds’ ground feeder. Honestly, it was secured with twelve hooked pegs and the squirrels still managed to turn it upside down again and again. Once I started thinking about using chains (seriously) I realised I’d lost it. Somewhere there is a mutant squirrel with huge biceps, what other explanation can there be? Or a well trained gang supervised by a villainous mastermind. I’m only human and I want to stay sane so I’m simply putting the cage back in place during the day - at least it keeps the pigeons off……. I feel calmer already.

My pepper and tomato seedlings are doing very nicely in the conservatory. I’ve got them sitting on a heating pad. I hope we don’t get too many dull days - it can be a problem when they grow taller and strain towards the light. I do take the covers off during the day to let in more daylight. I sometimes wonder if it’s worth investigating a “daylight” growing lamp. It would have to be portable , not take up much space and be easy to remove when I don’t need it.

How I wish I had a second greenhouse but that would mean losing part of the garden and that’s a no no. Mind you I have got a cold frame and that’s very handy for the more hardy seeds. I can’t use the greenhouse at the moment. It’s still lined with bubble wrap and is heated to keep it frost free. It holds my tender plants including my pelargoniums and carnivorous plants. When the tomatoes are big enough I’ll have to be ruthless and empty the greenhouse to make room for them. Fingers crossed for a warm spell when that happens.