Our garden (almost a small farm) is three acres, surrounded by 100 acres of farmland, including fields, meadows and woodland. We have 300 tomato plants. We have about ten balloons and they have lasted three years so far. We put them in storage for the winter. Also, it is good to have a bicycle pump to blow them up. We have many songbirds and birds of many different kinds. The balloons have not effected any of the other birds. We only place them where there are tomatoes.
Now, if anyone can help say how to get rid of coyotes, that would be extremely helpful. We have tried many methods, but not too effectively. They raid our watermelons. On Mon, Apr 4, 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. Re: Scaring away crows with NASA-style "big eye" balloons > (Claudia Pine) > 2. Re: crows in the garden (Glenda) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Claudia Pine <claudia.hemphill.p...@gmail.com> > To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:18:15 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Scaring away crows with NASA-style "big > eye" balloons > Google is your friend; searching on "NASA big eye balloons" brings up > multiple pages such as the following: > > Terror *Eyes* - Bird Repellent *Balloon* | Bird-X > < > http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bird-x.com/terror-eyes-products-68.php%3Fpage_id%3D61&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiHiKqw7vLLAhVIs4MKHdYPAPUQFgg5MAo&sig2=R4WR7q3B_MSmghk58pmbTA&usg=AFQjCNFO9SKQT0rHHCoGMELCBuqsjk5EgQ > > > www.bird-x.com/terror-*eyes*-products-68.php?page_id=61 > > Bird Repellent *Balloon*. ... birds away from doorways. Terror *Eyes* > (older > model) installation at*NASA* ... *Large*, 'moving' 3D *eyes* scare birds > away. Terror-*Eyes*® ... > > Amazon and others are eager to sell multiple models. I would be > interested in hearing from Ellen about how many they installed, for > covering what square footage area of garden, how long they lasted, and > whether they noted any adverse effects, such as frightening away songbirds > (if their garden is anywhere in/near natural habitat). > > Cheers, > Claudia Pine > Food Basket Gardens - Idaho Falls > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: crows in the garden (Robin Mitchell) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 09:12:45 -0700 > > From: Robin Mitchell <eccommunitygar...@gmail.com> > > To: Ellen Kirby <ellen.ki...@gmail.com> > > Cc: Community Garden List <community_garden@list.communitygarden.org> > > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] crows in the garden > > Message-ID: > > <CALTCZKPnwUK70fbPRmggo0GPoQ=MXnVEPDPaOv3o-bOxgyf= > > 0...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > What are the ballons you are referring to? Can you include a link with a > > photo or source? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Robin > > On Apr 1, 2016 7:33 PM, "Ellen Kirby" <ellen.ki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 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. 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Thank you for the crow > deterrent info > Regatds, Glenda Pitman > > Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Z5 Compact on the Telstra™ Mobile network > > ---- Ellen Kirby wrote ---- > > >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. 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