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Re: Protecting strawberries from birds

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At 07:32 AM 3/22/00 -0700, you wrote:

>Often when birds bite into fruit it's because they're thirsty. Put out a
>water source for them. Then spray your trees with an anti-theft spray.
>That's bicarbonate of soda and water. It covers the color of the fruit, and
>not even children are interested in it. You'll probably have to guess at
>ripeness then yourself. Margaret L
>
Water is not the problem here, I have a pond with a bird bath..thanks for
the suggestion of the spray, I had never heard of that before. Bicarbonate
of soda is sure versatile around the house and garden.

Pat
Pat Kolb, Contributing Editor, Low Desert Gardening, Suite 101
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/low_desert_gardening


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