[Sca-cooks] fruit trees

[Huette von Ahrens]

I wish that I could, but it is against the law to discharge fire arms in an urban area.  Which
is why squirrels like living here.  The only effective method of extermination is to run them over
with your car ...

Huette

--- John Kemker <john at kemker.org> wrote:

> Having been the property of several hunting felines, I must warn you 
> that cats don't really put much of a dent into a squirrel population.  
> Cats don't climb trees as much as we might think they do.  Mostly they 
> stalk on the ground.  This is good if you're trying to keep 
> ground-squirrels and moles down, but not so great if you're trying to 
> keep red or grey tree-rats down.
> 
> If you want an effective method of keeping the tree-rat population down, 
> get yourself a good .22 rifle make Brunswick Stew with the results.  [grin]
> 
> --Cian
> Who *likes* squirrels.  In Brunswick Stew.
> 
> Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> 
> >--- Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Huette commented:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Our apricot trees just produced the best
> >>>crop ever.  And our little
> >>>ultra-dwarf peach produced a dozen normal sized sweet, luscious
> >>>peaches.  Our neighbors white
> >>>peach tree which is hanging more and more over the fence is overloaded
> >>>with succulent white
> >>>peaches, so sweet and juicy and ripe off the tree ... so much better
> >>>tasting than anything the grocery store ever provides.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Do you have problems with birds? If so, how do you solve this?
> >>
> >>When I had a peach tree at our other house, the birds would poke holes 
> >>in the fruit. I would have been willing to share if they'd done this to 
> >>just a few peaches or eat most of a peach. But they would poke a hole 
> >>in one fruit and then go on to another, and another...
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Some bird problems, but not apparently as bad as yours.  Our biggest problem is squirrels.
> >They find the ripest, biggest, most luscious fruit, eat half of the fruit, throw it down and
> then
> >go for another.  I am debating about adopting an outdoor cat, even though I am allergic to
> >them.  But at leat they don't deliberately eat fruit.  I wonder what kind of cat would go
> >after squirrels?  As far as I am concerned, squirrels are just rats in fluffy clothing with
> >better PR.  Fortunately, our apricot trees overproduce so that our losses don't affect us
> >too much.  My little peach tree wasn't bothered by birds and the squirrels didn't find it
> >until I had harvested all but two peaches.  I am not sure that the squirrels have found
> >my neighbor's peach tree yet as the peaches aren't ripe yet. 
> >
> >I haven't found any effective bird and squirrel deterrents.  My mother used to cover the ultra
> >dwarf peach tree with cheesecloth, but that really didn't do any good.  The apricot trees
> >are 40' and 30' tall.  There isn't much one can do to protect such large trees.  Other than
> >perhaps a squirrel stalking cat.  Hmmm ... I should look into hawks and owls too, although
> >they probably wouldn't like living in an urban area.
> >
> >Huette   
> >
> >
> >Remember that while money talks, chocolate sings.
> >
> >
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