Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #75

We use bird netting in front of our large windows and it works. The birds do see the netting even though it is hard for us to see. This has saved a lot of birds. 

George Heyne
Rochester, MN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Sigel" <duchessofgladstone@yahoo.com> 
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #75
I felt bad that so many birds were flying into our picture windows; they eat mosquitoes which try to eat use humans alive. I tried tying ribbons to flap 
in front of them to no avail.  I finally went out and painted with a
cornstarch/water mix and a 3" paint brush, great big 3-foot-tall scary faces on them, with eyebrows like owls and scary-teeth wavy mouths, and haven't had a bird hit one since. Of course, all who come near the house think a witch 
lives here, but what the heck.  We live in the country!

You might try some of these on your greenhouse.

cheers,
duchess of gladstone

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