Pen said:

Have you tried winding a rubber snake on a pole nearby or hanging an
AOL disk a few feet away?

I've tried hanging old CD-roms in the garden; they seems to spook me
more often than anything else.

And the garden already has a resident snake. (Who also spooks me
sometimes, even though I actually like snakes!)

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)