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Re: Protecting strawberries from birds

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   Also put the netting a little further from the berries if possible.

Jim allAn zone 5 New York State
Northeastern USA.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat <ej10817@goodnet.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Protecting strawberries from birds


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> At 05:17 PM 3/21/00 EST, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'd appreciate suggestions for protecting my quickly ripening
> >strawberries...I put out the black '"netting" sold for that purpose and
went
> >out this morning to find a bird caught in it.  I was able to release him,
but
> >he had already pecked away at a large almost ripe berry.  Any other
> >suggestions??  Sorry if this has been recently covered.
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Juliana  NW Louisiana Zone 8
> >
> How about some of the fine mesh nylon 'tulle' or other of the same kind
sold
> for formals, etc. Perhaps if you put this over the bird netting, it would
> discourage the little thieves :-)) good luck
>
> Pat
> Pat Kolb, Contributing Editor, Low Desert Gardening, Suite 101
> http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/low_desert_gardening
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