Strawberry protection
The birds here are smart. They’ve worked out that if they land on the netting protecting our strawberries they can still get a feast.
Now our strawberry crop is important to us. There’s already been a yield of 500g and the plants are carrying a gear deal more.
So I had a cunning plan!
It involved a tin of paint and some stones.
I hope to teach the birds that strawberries are not to easy on their beaks.
A bit of painting later and then a top tip.
Top Tip
If you get paint on your hands.
Then use this:
Rub it into the paint marks till they start to ‘melt’ and then rinse with normal soap and water.
Any who, back to the strawberries.
I’ve put them in the strawberry patch and put upturned plastic pots under the netting too so that the landing birds can’t get pecking.
Fingers crossed eh?
Take it with you:
25 comments on “Strawberry protection”
Leave a comment
Blogs I Follow
Green Lizard's Blog 
Reblogged this on Linda's wildlife garden and commented:
you must of watch the same video I just have Liz lovely up date http://youtu.be/KI915Qk94Rw
LikeLike
So, how does this work exactly? We just put netting over our strawberries…
LikeLike
Our local pigeon population have learned to stand on the netting to get to the fruit. So I’ve put the plant protein place to make it handed to do that. The painted stones are to put off the birds and the mice hopefully.
LikeLike
Doh! I thought you were painting them to look like strawberries to use as decoys., Red presumably because it puts them off….
LikeLike
Please do let us know if this works.
LikeLike
I shall. I read about it as an idea a while ago.
LikeLike
Good idea 🙂 I might try this !
LikeLike
I’ll let you know if it works.
LikeLike
Thanks
LikeLike
Well they are possibly a bit of both. Not ideal for eating and hopefully the birds will stop pecking big holes in the real strawberries.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re so damn clever 😉
LikeLike
Or weird. Painting stones? Haven’t I got better things to do with my time. Mental.
LikeLike
It’s all for the greater good! 🙂
LikeLike
Material it’s material. Things I’ve been meaning to try that I’m getting to so I can blog them.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yeah, I do stupid shit all the time so I can write about it 😉
LikeLike
Phew! Not just me then!
LikeLike
Brilliant idea! Perfect timing too. A few strawberries in my tubs are starting to from green to red so this will save them! This is great post.
LikeLike
We have the additional problem of mice stockpiling unripe fruit in little clumps under the leaves which is odd.
LikeLike
That does sound unusual but quite cute in an abstract way!! It would make quite a nice story for children. I’m sure you would rather keep the fruit from being stolen than write about though! ‘The mystery of the stolen strawberries!’
LikeLike
Good point. Maybe we should try to catch them in the act.
LikeLike
Reblogged this on fylcynm and commented:
rockin stawberries
LikeLike
What about shiny type ribbon flapping tied to the netting? It can be scary to birds
LikeLike
That’s a good idea!
LikeLike
Ingenious 🙂
LikeLike
Only if it works though : )
LikeLike