To care for the plants in the garden or vegetable garden, it is important to drive away pests and pests that spoil the harvest. This is especially the case with birds. Pigeons, blackbirds or starlings, these birds are a real threat to plants. They peck at red berries, attack seedlings, and feed on leafy vegetables such as lettuce or cabbage. However, you can protect your plants from these pests without even installing a scarecrow.
How to keep birds away from the garden?
The scarecrow has always been the most used solution to prevent birds from attacking the orchard. In addition to the scarecrow, other tricks that rely on sound and light are used to scare away birds.
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Use CD to scare birds
CD to scare away birds – Source: spm
To keep birds out of your garden, simply hang old CDs on a string, keeping the reflective faces outwards. then yeshang them in pairs on a tree, or hang the string on brackets, in the middle of your plants. When the wind blows on the CDs, they collide and emit reflections and noises that scare the birds.
Note that you can replace CDs with pieces of aluminum foil or any silver object, because it is the reflected light that scares the birds and keep them from getting close.
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Install metal cat heads to keep birds away
You can buy metal cat heads and hang them in your garden. The eyes are made of marbles. that shine in the light that could scare the birds. Please note that you can Make your own deterrent cats. To do this, simply cut cat heads out of cardboard, preferably thick cardboard, black Then glue on the cardboard cat’s head, glass marbles to imitate the eyes.
Pigeon near the plants – Source: spm
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Install a nylon line to deter birds.
To keep birds away and above all to protect your plantations, it is recommended to install thick nylon threads, like fishing line. To do this, you can stretch your nylon threads 10 cm above the young shoots of leafy vegetables and seedlings. These wires should be parallel and about 10 cm apart. This invisible obstacle will disturb the birds. and scare them.
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Noise to scare away birds
Noise is an effective way to scare the birds. To do this, you can plant stakes in your garden and hang them at the end. a thin plastic bag. When the wind blows and rushes into the plastic bag, it produces a noise and a slight movement, likely to scare the birds. You can also put a radio under the tree where the birds are pointing or near your plantations by choosing a channel that transmits music, but also news. Indeed, the radio will be more dissuasive if the content is varied.
In addition to these tricks, you can also scare away birds using olfactory repellents, such as cade oil, lavender essential oil or the smell of certain spices such as cinnamon, cayenne pepper, curry and pepper. Birds can’t stand these smells that drive them away.
Thanks to these tips, you will be able to scare away the bird pests that are devastating your garden, but also the fruit trees in your garden, without having to install a scarecrow and without using chemical products that can damage them.
