[Sca-cooks] fruit trees
Huette von Ahrens
ahrenshav at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 19 19:20:50 PDT 2005
Here are several amusing t-shirts about our squirrel thieves:
http://www.birdsforever.com/mugshot.html
http://www.oliveoyls.com/store/product73.html
Huette
--- Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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