'Safe' bird netting?
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Bird netting & strawberries
Comments (20)I covered my raspberry bushes with floating row cover, wrapped around four big rocks at the four corners. It works great to keep the birds off them, and it's easy to peel back and get at the berries once a day. It billows in the breeze and I think that acts as a deterrent to the critters as well because it might scare them a little. My strawberry patch is right next to the billowing beast, and although the row cover does not cover the strawberries, I have noticed far less damage now, probably due to the proximity. Whatever has messed with my strawberries likes to tunnel a little path around the middle of the fruit and leave the rest to rot...anyone know what critter does this? Also, I found a big fat frog (toad?) on my deck the other day, and I set him in the raspberry/strawberry area...so maybe he also has been helping me out too with whatever is bugging my berries....See MoreBird netting that is safe for snakes
Comments (10)Carla, I think alabamanicole is having problems with netted berries, which you can't conveniently tie off above ground, so the snakes run into the netting on the ground. The snakes become tangled in the netting because their heads are small enough to fit through the holes but their bodies are too large and they become stuck, unable to move forward or back out. I had that problem too when I covered my strawberries last year to keep the squirrels, birds and, mostly, the damned deer from mowing them down. It was a death trap for lizards, as two or three died before I could cut them out and the remaining lizards ended up as dinner for the only snake that managed to get caught in the netting, a bull snake that my 14 year old cut free and decided to keep for a pet....See MoreBirds flying INSIDE of bird netting??
Comments (3)Some birds will find their way into the bird netting. Most will be deterred. At least, that has been my experience. I found a little bird (vireo?) caught up in the netting but was able to release him. Netting is a good way to go for small tree, but it's tough to wrap around a big tree. I still haven't tried "scare tape", and response to my queries have yielded mixed results. In sum, it seems to work while it works, but the birds seem to catch on. RB...See MoreBlueberry Bird Netting
Comments (1)I'm in the berries. I made a nice job with netting and put boards down so the chipmunks could't get in. It worked! Here is yesterday's harvest!...See More- 15 years ago
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