Anyone consider trying some of these? https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AB5 ... 4&dpr=1.56

The Gotch

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 6:24 pm Anyone consider trying some of these? https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AB5 ... 4&dpr=1.56

The Gotch

It would probably draw in critters not run them off.

They will go great with my shirt. I will be the most stylish woman in town.

MissS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 7:09 pm They will go great with my shirt. I will be the most stylish woman in town.image.png

Where might someone get one of them there T-shirts?

Asking for a friend.....

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Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:03 am

MissS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 7:09 pm They will go great with my shirt. I will be the most stylish woman in town.image.png

Where might someone get one of them there T-shirts?

Asking for a friend.....

The Gotch

I'll tell you for one of those tomatoes for my sammich on national BLT day

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:13 am I'll tell you for one of those tomatoes for my sammich on national BLT day

Yoikes! If THAT ain't an ethical ZUGZWANG, I don't know what it is! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang

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My daughter made the logo and had the shirt made for me. She made the first tomato pink (because I like them) and the second orange. If I were to do it over, I would make the pink tomato red. It just looks a little washed out on a shirt.

Anywho, here is the logo and just take it over to Zazzle and they will make one for you. https://www.zazzle.com/custom/gifts

Their shirts do run on the small side so order one size up.

@Setec Astronomy I've tried those before & they might work with birds but in my garden it's rats & they were no use at all. Too thin for rodents. I also used those laundry mesh bags that hid the trusses better but the critters bit a hole thru the bottom & had a feast. Should work on birds though, they don't have those teeth like rats.

peebee wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:21 am @Setec Astronomy I've tried those before & they might work with birds but in my garden it's rats & they were no use at all. Too thin for rodents. I also used those laundry mesh bags that hid the trusses better but the critters bit a hole thru the bottom & had a feast. Should work on birds though, they don't have those teeth like rats.

Yes, it was for the birds...I don't expect them to deter a racoon or squirrel (I haven't had to deal with rats). Oddly I seem to only have the bird problem on a transient basis, I guess because birds are always migrating. The trusses that I bagged are fine, but the ones above them that are ripening are also still fine, so we'll see.

Love the shirt @MissS ! Ordered one. Red would be nice but I figure with wear and washing it would fade to pink anyway!! Thank your daughter for me!

Gardadore wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:24 pm Love the shirt @MissS ! Ordered one. Red would be nice but I figure with wear and washing it would fade to pink anyway!! Thank your daughter for me!

I sure will. It will make her extremely happy to know that we appreciate what she made for us!

@Gardadore My daughter Kaitlyn was thrilled to know that somebody here thanked her for her work. It made her day. She just loves to make people happy and was glad that you have ordered something that she designed for us.

You don't need to order from Zazzle to get one. You can copy the logo and go to your local graphic design shop too.

MissS wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:04 am @Gardadore My daughter Kaitlyn was thrilled to know that somebody here thanked her for her work. It made her day. She just loves to make people happy and was glad that you have ordered something that she designed for us.

You don't need to order from Zazzle to get one. You can copy the logo and go to your local graphic design shop too.

Sounds like your daughter is a good person from my perspective.

Glad I made your daughter happy! Her design is great and much easier to order it than run around and find a graphic design shop. Hope she gets a commission for each one sold!!
Now we need tomato design socks for our tomatoes!

I like how one is bigger than the other. Just like real ones.

Setec Astronomy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:44 pm

JRinPA wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:59 pm I'm just not seeing how a big tomato would fit in a sock.

8 x 12 bags from Amazon. Just sayin'. Of course I'm just trying to keep the birds from pecking, not sure if this will work for anything else (not even sure about the birds yet, since the pecking usually seems to be transitory phenomenon).

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I am using the same organza bags. no pecking yet.

Well, well, well! I'd never heard of this idea. I'm going to have to give it a try.

Our tomatoes have been decimated by critters this year. We built a fence around the garden that has solved our rabbit problem, but the squirrels run along the fence behind it and have probably wrecked ⅔ of our tomatoes.

This morning I saw some scat I didn't recognize. Sent a picture to my scat-ologist ( ) who IDed it as deer. That's a first, as far as I know. Four foot perimeter fence and we're in the middle of the suburbs. I've never seen one here in 23 years.

Looking at game cameras now to solve some of these mysteries.

ness wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:51 am This morning I saw some scat I didn't recognize. Sent a picture to my scat-ologist ( ) who IDed it as deer. That's a first, as far as I know. Four foot perimeter fence and we're in the middle of the suburbs. I've never seen one here in 23 years.

The deer laughed at my 4' (orange plastic snow) fence last year, but so far have been deterred by the 6' (black plastic) one this year. Of course it hasn't been as dry as last year.

Is it my imagination or are the organza bags retarding splitting, also? Seems like the bagged ones are splitting less than the unbagged, on varieties prone to that.