You may remember last spring I planted lots of veges and herbs in my vegetable patch. It thrived for quite a few weeks before the crows found it! I thought the Scarecrow we made and blogged about here might help…but it didn’t. In fact even when I was picking tomatoes from the garden last summer the birds would swoop at me. In the end I gave up and the vegetable patch, thankfully hidden around the side of the house, become one great big disaster area.
With Spring in the air I had to give it another go…I missed my fresh herbs, even if I had to live without a tomato bush.
After no time at all the weeds were out, the herbs and lettuce were in, and I even found a new set of eyes to watch over the garden to hopefully keep those pesky crows away.
Can you put a protective cover over your garden, one that will not shade but will prevent birds from accessing your harvest?
A structure similar to a polytunnel but on a smaller scale.
That would be a great idea Ronniie. That might be my next step if the eagle doesn’t work.
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What a friend you have!!!!!!!!
Maybe you could try leaving rubber snakes around the garden. That could deter birds. Let us know if it works.
I’ve used rubber snakes around our pool to keep ducks away – didn’t work. I’ve witnessed ducks peering at the snakes, probably wondering why they don’t move. But they may work in the garden.
I’ll give the rubber snakes a try. The crows have been pretty well behaved so far, but we seem to have a lizard living in the wall of our garden who has taken a liking to the strawberries. Is this possible! I’m sure the lizard was right up at the strawberry plant when I went out to the garden today and – would you believe it – the strawberry that was there earlier was gone! Maybe it was the birds…but I’m thinking that lizard was licking its lips as it ran away.