Deterring Birds From Your Cherries and Berries
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If your tree or bushes aren't too large, you can sew together sheer curtain panels from garage sales and thrift stores to make covers. Hold them in place with clothes pins. They keep the birds out, let light and rain through, don't damage the plants, and are so much easier to remove for picking the berries than bird netting. They also won't harm the birds if they happen to find a way in. Just lift the fabric and release the bird. I've had birds get tangled and injured in bird netting. I want to try some of this tape for the larger berry patches.
Im going to give this a try" Thanks Heidi. Loved the rooster.
Definitely putting ribbon on the berries! Perhaps, yellow ribbon and sing a little Tony Orlando 🤣🤣
Now there is an old one! We don't have oak trees here though, haha!
@@RainCountryHomestead we don't have oak either, but berry tree works in the lyrics lol
@@RainCountryHomestead oh I can send you a few! oak and maple seedlings every where, then the walnuts that the squirrels dig in all over ( the peanuts some one in the neighborhood feeds them won't sprout, but I find them a lot as well), even corn they "plant"; then I have a million sunflowerseeds that were not eaten last year.....
Thank you! I avoided berry bushes just for that reason, and I do believe I will start one this year. Great video.
Saw the falling rooster! I thought you would be mentioning something about chickens and blueberries. When we freed ranged our chickens; they loved getting the blueberries.
When I was a kid and we had this huge cherry tree in our yard; my mom hung pieces of aluminum tin pans on the tree (long before cd’s). I like the ideal of the ribbon.
Scare tape! Well who knew? Thank you! Newbie gardener here trying to keep birds from eating my tomatoes!
The strawberry plants are just getting a bit of growth here and this morning I had to run out the back door to chase a deer out of the patch. She stood there looking at me like "you're interrupting my breakfast!" I finally got her to run off. I've used bird netting but it's an inconvenience for me trying to remove it. I've used old CDs before, but I like the idea of the mylar tape. I'll need to try that. Thanks for sharing! Blessings 💖 Mickey
I really need this to help save my strawberries, they are feasting away. Thanks for the great idea Heidi, blessings
I am liking the idea of the rubber snakes as well, I may try that one too
My husband finally had to build a frame with wire around our blueberries. Nothing else worked at keeping the deer out. I put a rubber snake on our porch light because a robin kept trying to build a nest on it and she ended up building her nest right on top of the snake. Oh well, maybe it would work in a fruit tree.
O my goodness, I am sorry to laugh at your plight but that part about the bird building the next ON the snake cracked me up!
Heidi, the mylar tape can also be purchased at craft stores. That said, I started saving old CDs and DVDs back more than 10 years ago, looking forward to the day when I'd have fruit and nut tress and hoping the flashing would help keep deer away. Obviously for night time, these things are less effective, but I'm hoping the old adage "every little bit helps" will ring true as I start my orchard. Great video and thanks!
we put toy snakes in our tress and moved them daily
Thanks I will try this as I also hate the netting
I tried that tape, CD's and tin can lids. I found that after a while the birds get used to it so I went back to netting. For deer an 8 foot fence is the only sure deterrent. I know it is expensive but it works.
God Bless Joe
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Thank you so much for these ideas! Our cherry tree is blooming now and it looks like we will have lots of cherries!
Excellent tip Heidi! Take care.
Thanks Heidi. Will give it a try. 😃
we painted red rocks, the birds dont go for my strawberries because they are use to not liking the hard rocks,,,,,and we have a nice size patch, works well, going on third year with the rocks
I had read about that years ago but have yet to do it, have not had issue with birds in our strawberries
Thank you so very much. I too hate the netting. I don't mind sharing a few blueberries with the birds, but the last couple of years they have gotten greedy 😂. I'm going to try the tape, instead of buying more of the disturbing lightweight nets. God Bless 😇
Great tip! Thankyou!🍒🍎🍏🍇
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I struggle with this also :)
Just looked at Amazon and they raised the price to $7.85. Last week I looked for $20 Mule Team Borax. It was $4.45 at Walmart, $4.50 at Dollar General and . . . . $14.47 at Amazon!! Talk about price gouging! But thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll have some ribbon stashed away that would work in the same way.
Yeah, it is frustrating
Great tips! Any ideas on how to get the squirrels off our cherry tree? They devour them before they even ripen
Sorry, not experienced with dealing with squirrels
I tried the Cd's and the birds got used to it I will try the scare tape. I put pieces of tinfoil on one of my cherry trees and when the birds lit in the tree the foil rattled and scared them away. I actually had cherries that year. I suppose the birds will get used to anything. I tried whirly gigs too and they were great for awhile. Seems they get used to most anything. They are around waving tree branches and grasses so they can get used to the scare tactics too.
I think part of the problem with some things is they get weathered and do not have enough shine to them. I do like the idea of the rubber snakes in the trees that another mentioned and moving them each day
Years ago I used netting over my blueberries and somehow birds were able to get in. When I found dead cardinals and blue birds inside the netting I gave up on keeping them out and opened up the berry buffet for them.
Great video 👍👍 I’d also like to have one of those owls with the spinning head, kinda pricey though
My main trouble is squirrels eating my peaches before they are ripe. The trees are too tall for me to put nettng on. I'll try the ribbon, see what happens.
jeanene72 I use metal collar 18” in diameter and 4’hi above ground.
Your blueberries look amazing. Can you do a blueberry video. Thank you.
While I may do another blueberry video soon, I do have some from previous years. Simply type "blueberry rain country" in the youtube search bar
I have used pie tins & old cd's on the end of a string, attached to my tall shepherd's hooks. However, when the wind blows, they get all tangled up. This year, I will set them further apart because they do seem to work. I also have plastic owls & a couple hawks that I filled with rocks to set around the yard. Part of my problem with the birds is that I feed them all winter. I love to observe them. Rest assured NONE of these tricks will work on squirrels, bunnies or ground hogs. :-/ ANY ideas on those, Heidi?
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bird netting is a royal PAIN!!! tulle seemed to work well last year.
I have used netting from leftover fabric for dance costumes, it does not tangle as badly as bird netting but it disintegrates over time. I think tulle lasts longer and that is why it is more expensive than the nylon netting
@@RainCountryHomestead I got a whole bolt for 10 bucks, bird netting costs more, at least in neck of the woods. It doesn't last as long as the netting, but I get a few years out of it. I also use old sheer curtains, they don't catch on itself, wash and store for next year; have used old cds, but the cabbage butterflies are undeterred by those😂 birds I had not paid attention to .
Love the tape idea.......and the falling rooster!😂
Haha! ;)
You are the first to notice and comment, and so far the only one. I plan on sneaking Randy the Rooster into several videos down the road ;)
@@RainCountryHomestead I think its a cute idea!
Do you think it would work on chickens? I have trouble keeping them away from tomatoes especially but anything that fruits above groung.
This is a good question and I have wondered this myself but I find it highly doubtful. Chickens can be ruthless! haha
I posted a comment in the wrong video. So here it is again. I put a fake Owl on a post next to the Black Raspberries. The birds would land on its head before hopping over to eat the berries. It was also not effective at keeping birds from nesting in the alarm sirens. :)
That made me laugh a little, I think for the most parts, birds are smarter than most give them credit for. haha
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