To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grape netting
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:39:59 -0600
The only creatures that I have ever noticed caught in netting on our
trees, berries, or vegetables have been toads and a garter snake. Not
sure quite how the snake got entangled, but I found it too late.
Jim
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C.
Garthright
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 7:06 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grape netting
> I haven't found any dead birds in my netting, but I've found one dead
snake and found and rescued another only because the dog was barking at
it. I had to cut it out.
What, the rattles get caught in the net? :-)
This summer, I found one dead robin in a net I'd thrown over a currant
bush. That taught me that I can't just let the excess netting lie on the
ground. Next year, I'll try to tie up any extra netting into a neat
ball. And keep the rest of it fairly tight and smooth.