Ashley Moran wrote:

 >body maybe I should carry on.  I'm tempted to stop eating tomatoes

I think they should only be eaten in moderation. Not in the quantity eaten
by most people.

 > I've asked my mum's gardener if he will plant some raspberries.
 >  He was a bit reluctant though because he says birds eat them as fast
 >as they grow.

You can get netting to lay over them.

 >  (We can't grow cabbage because of the birds too,

Birds eating cabbage?

 > and no lettuce because we have rabbits nearby).

For that you need a high net fence and a low electric fence (which is
actually parallel wires), so they can't crawl underneath.

Don.