[Sca-cooks] fruit trees

[Elaine Koogler]

Jane Boyko wrote:

> Yea, I hate that rule too.  We just bought a house in suburbia and I 
> have squirrels digging in my potted herbs and taking my onions and 
> replanting them upside down.  The cat gave chase once but the little 
> buggers have returned.  I swear they watch from the trees for me to 
> turn my back.  Anyhow, yesterday at Home Depot I was shown a solar 
> powered disk which emits a high pitch noise intended to deter 
> squirrels, skunks, raccoons etc but not affect cats.  Its $34.95 Cdn.  
> I am tempted to buy it but it does not work when the sun isn't 
> shining.  It will hold a charge for 5 hours.
> Marina
>
>
We don't have any fruit trees mature enough to really bear fruit...and 
besides, the deer get to them before the squirrels do.  Our big problem 
is with our bird food...especially the peanuts that we like to feed the 
woodpeckers...we have tried everything, including putting red pepper in 
the bird seed, using baffles and, where possible, using squirrel-proof  
bird feeders.  The latest batch of feeders works pretty well, but not 
for woodpeckers.  The baffle worked for about two hours before the 
little buggers figured out how to get around it.  I guess we could shoot 
them...folks do hunt in the woods around here...but I'm told that 
there's a "season" for squirrels and a pretty large fine if you violate 
it.  So...dunno what to do!

Kiri