[Sca-cooks] fruit trees

[rbbtslyr at comporium.net]

Get an owl kite also and fly it a day or two a week, or an owl or hawk
ballon. I think Johnnys' Select Seeds and Paradise Gardens carry them, do a
Web search.

Kirk

Meddle not in the Affairs of Dragons for Thou Art Crunch and taste good with
Catsup or BBQ Sauce !!!

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Liberty Hill, SC (Kershaw)
Longitude: 80° 48' 7" W (-80.8019°)
Latitude: 34° 28' 41" N (34.4781°)
Grid: EM94
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Phelps" <phelpsd at gate.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] fruit trees


> Was written:
>
> > 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.
> >
> You can get plastic/fiberglass fake owls, they are used to scare birds and
> might scare squirrels as well.  There are several types, some are just a
> roosting owl but I think some have wings that move with the wind.  You
will
> probably need to move them around.  Is the area the trees are located in
> fenced and the trees placed such that squirrels need to cross open ground
to
> get to them?  If so getting/borrowing a dog might work.   Regards
squirrels
> there are always wire noose snares and if the area is sufficently rural
the
> old 22.  They may be rats with good PR but they are tasty rats.
>
> Daniel
>
>
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