On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:12:09 GMT, The Cook wrote:

wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:26:50 GMT, The Cook wrote:

So far they have pulled up or taken major leaves from some of my
squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans and peppers. I looked around for
something to cover the plants, or what is left of them. I found a
stack of the green pint boxes used for strawberries, etc. I have
anchored the down and the seem to work to keep the birds off until the
plants get too large for them to bother. I have remay over the
replanted beans. In a few more days I may try hanging some of the
remay to some posts and let it flap.

The weather suddenly went from wet and cool to HOT. Guess it will
stay that way until winter.

Try this. It's what I use. lasts for years.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...ren cy=2&SID=


On the other hand, the boxes were free and required only something to
anchor them. Since I had put up stakes nest to each squash, I used
them. Cheap and fast.

But you can't walk under the net.;-)
We have ravens that can rip the lid off garbage cans and yank out full
bags of garbage.
They are followed by crows traveling in gangsg and the bluejays handle
the cleanup.
Heck robins are too afraid to even come into the area.

Good luck with your boxes.