Re: birds are eating my eggplants
- Subject: Re: birds are eating my eggplants
- From: D* W*
- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 09:50:38 -0400
- Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:08:42 -0700
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Kara,
There is a netting available for fruit trees that you may want to invest in.
(Dpwn side is that the birds can get caught in it)
You could hang reflective items around the plants so they dance in the
breeze. Good example being the free CD's you get in the mail. Tin Pans also
can be used.
Statue of an owl may work - people put them on their roofs to scare off
pigeons.
Let us know if you are successful! People always ask for suggestions but I
don't hear very often what worked.
Kara Sweeney wrote:
> Does anyone know how to protect a garden from birds (sparrows, blue jays,
> bobwhites, and cardinals). So far, I've lost three eggplants.
> I don't want to scare off the birds, but I do want to protect my harvest.
>
> Thanks,
> Kara
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Debby Williams
Author of Fruit and Urban Kitchen Gardening e-zines at:
http://wz.com/homegarden/GardensPlants.html
Regional Advisor at http://www.thevegetablepatch.com/
Oakland County, Michigan USA;USDA Hardiness Zones 5b/6a
