Re: [gardeners] Apricot thieves!

George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:18:46 -0500 

Ron: You will need to move your snake every few days or the squirrels will catch
on that its a fake. I've even used old pieces of hose, old fan belts, etc.
Anything that looks remotely like a snake. They work for awhile and then the
squirrels figure it out.

George



Ron Hay wrote:
> 
> Hello, Seana,
> 
> The snake appears to be working. When I popped in at home from the office this
> afternoon, there were entire ripe apricots lying on the ground at the base of
> the tree, which I rescued and brought into the house. My wife has been on a
> business trip to San Francisco, and will be delighted to find some of her
> favorite fruit, whole and ripe, which she can enjoy with breakfast tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks for sharing your story of the rascally varmints!
> 
> Ron
> 
> Seana Ames wrote:
> 
> > Ron,  I am so sorry!  I can imagine your disapointment.  I have been
> > following the saga of THE APRICOT THEIVES!  Your story brought back Easter
> > memories.   Our first Easter in CO., I was "woken by the kids" only to find
> > that THE SQUIRRELS had absonded with the candy from the plastic eggs & eaten
> > our beautifully decorated, hard boiled eggs, too! (The Hogs!)  I was
> > somewhat dismayed, having taken the trouble to be out at o'dark thirty to
> > play Easter Bunny & then sneaking back to bed before the kids woke.  It was
> > such a beautiful spring day with the sun shining throught the trees & all
> > the bulbs up & blooming.  I had artistically hidden the eggs, mapping them &
> > color cordinating them, of course, among the flowers, so they would be hard
> > to find.  All we found were a few wrappers, plastic shells & colored egg
> > shell bits.  I was imagining squirrel dinner for Easter at that point but
> > now I laugh about it.  We knew not to let the dogs out there alone but had
> > never lived where there were squirrels before.  I hope your Snake is Big &
> > Bad & scares them away - whatever THEY are!  Good luck!
> >
> > Seana
> >
> >  > Ron Hay wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > Help! This is the first year we have had any signifucant number of
> >  > > apricots on our tree, and all of a sudden, as they ripen, predators
> >  > > strike at the crack of dawn. They may be birds, although I rather
> >  > > suspect they are squirrels, since some of the pits are gnawed a bit,
> > and
> >  > > there are no real peck marks on the interior of the fruits.
> >  > >
> >  > > Any suggestions?
> >  > >
> >  > > I am about to go out with my fruit picking pole to harvest whatever I
> >  > > can, to let the fruit ripen in the house.
> >  > >
> >  > > Ron
> >
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