> JF> Got it!  I'm seriously considering that route... Now what
 > JF> about birds in my garden?  I can just feel them plotting to take away
 > JF> my future  tomatoes... Like Rumplestiltskin and the first born child!
 > JF> :-@
 > I thought I was the only one that had birds that ate their
 > tomatoes!  That's one you don't see mentioned too often in the
 > gardening books.  Mockingbirds are the worse culprits around
 > here.  To add insult to injury they encourage their babies to
 > hide in the tomato vines, then dive bomb me when I go out and try
 > to get a tomato!  GRRRRRR!!!  They are our state bird and I'm
 > supposed to treat them nice......But some years they cause a lot
 > more problems than insects, worms or the usual pests.
        Well I was just told today to steak each tomato plant (with maybe 
four steaks for each) then after doing this... throw some netting over the 
whole thing to keep birds out of your tomatoes!  I'm willing to try it 
because I have a bird family living above my plants... Hmmm... How 
nvenient!
                                                Chat with ya later!
                                                Janis  :)
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E4MJ2322 Date: 04/18/97
From: TIMOTHY DUEHRING                                      Time: 03:38pm
\/To: JANIS FOLEY                                         (Read 3 times)
Subj: R: Birds vs tomatoes!

Janis,

  I'm willing to try it 
JF>because I have a bird family living above my plants... Hmmm... How 
JF>nvenient!

    Look for the positive in this, free fertilizer. 
    
    
Timothy Duehring
tduehrin@execpc.com
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E4M00003 Date: 04/17/97
From: JANIS FOLEY                                           Time: 02:14pm
\/To: LINDA TAYLOR                                        (Read 3 times)
Subj: birds -n- pinwheels

 >     Just remember that it's anything that moves in an unpredictable manner
 > that scares the birds.  My uncle used to like the pinwheels.  You can get
 > them every color of the rainbow, and you can get the ones that are made
 > with the flashy metalic looking surfaces.  This is the best to scare away
 > the birds.
        I really like that idea too!  I think it's almost time for another 
trip to Home Depot again!   '-)
                                        Thanks!
                                        Janis  :)
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