North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>]

 My husband makes his own noose traps. Not the most effective or 
discriminating method of pest control in my opinion.

My mother-in-law has a contraption she made a out of a small metal beer 
keg that she uses to stop squirrels climbing up her bird feeder post. 
Seems to work pretty well and I'm trying to think if it could be adapted 
to go on my pear trees which were ravaged by squirrels last year. 
However the low branches probably will mean it's effectiveness will be lost.

Caren Kirk
St. Jerome, QC

On 6/3/2011 8:43 AM, Ernest Plutko wrote:
> Solar lights allow deer and other pests to see your plants and trees
> better at night.  I tried them.  Where do you buy noose traps?
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: ehills7408@wowway.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] [Bulk]  Protecting Apples
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:40:45 -0400
>
> > Wow,
> >
> > We come off as a pretty mercenary group.  No one mentioned the noose
> > traps,
> > I'm shocked.
> >
> > She's a girl living with her parents in California.  She'll end up in
> > therapy for life, or wanted.
> >
> > There are motion detecting sprinklers that could deter squirrels
> > (with a few
> > well placed solar lights you could protect at night.  It would mean
> > leaving
> > a hose on (but not spraying).  Night Guard solar thingies have helped
> > for me
> > significantly with major damage and loss of fruit.
> >
> > They make these tape things that scare birds by flashing and making
> > an
> > irritating sound (I have not tried them, only seen them in catalogs)
> >
> > A jack Russell is pretty effective (and cute)
> >
> >
> > Scott Hills
> > Zone 6b Michigan
> >
> > __________________
> > nafex mailing list
> > nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subscribe, unsubscribe, change your user configuration or find out
> > more about the list here:
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> > NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
>
> __________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subscribe, unsubscribe, change your user configuration or find out more about 
> the list here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/