We had an invasion of crows into our garden two years ago. They would peck the tomatoes, leaving them damaged. We did some research and found some "big eye" balloons used by NASA and they worked like a charm. We had 250 tomato plants and got about 10 of the balloons. We also tried hanging CDs by a string and that also seemed to help but the balloons were the best.
Ellen Kirby Food Bank Garden Winston-Salem, NC On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM, < community_garden-requ...@list.communitygarden.org> wrote: > Send Community_garden mailing list submissions to > community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > community_garden-requ...@list.communitygarden.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > community_garden-ow...@list.communitygarden.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Community_garden digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Conquering Crows! (Michael Olson) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael Olson <micha...@metrofarm.com> > To: liste...@lists.got.net > Cc: > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:56:36 -0700 > Subject: [Community_garden] Conquering Crows! > A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM > > When crows move in– or ravens, magpies, jays– the song birds move out. > The conquering corvidae then take over the neighborhood, and watch to make > certain we behave, or so it seems. The brains of these birds lead us to > ask... > > Can anyone control the crows? > > This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio hosts > University of Washington Professor of Forest Sciences John Marzluff for a > conversation about the birds of the corvidae family. > > Topics include why the birds are considered pests by the many, and pets by > the few; how the intelligence of these birds allow them to supplant and > exclude other birds from the environment; and what can done, if anything, > to control them so that other birds might sing. > > Listen live or recorded on your radio, computer or mobile device: Food > Chain Radio #1050 > > Sponsor Link: The 2X2 Pledge: Freedom and Security on $2 per day! > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20160331/5e6b2793/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > Unsubscribe: https://lists.got.net/options/listener > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -- *Ellen* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20160401/e4ed26da/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
