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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
An evil mastermind bent on the destruction of my strawberry patch. My nemesis! Professor Moriarty to my Holmes! The Joker to my Batman! The feathered fiend of destruction! A blue jay who stares me in the eye daily with a countenance full of "What in the name of Hades are you doing in my garden, puny human?"
Don't talk to me about scarecrows. Scarecrows are worthless against a beast who has the unmitigated gall to fly down and steal strawberries from the very row in which I'm busy pulling weeds!
I'm thinking of taking out a professional hit on him. Where's Hawkman when you need him?
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Plant more strawberries!
I feed them all winter long with these balls of fat and nuts in a net that they sell, hanging from the limb of a tree. Put those up arounf the strawberries. They also like the mighty peanut.
An other thing you can do is to use a cat. That will certainly discourage your little pirate and its soon to be children. Although the remedy could me bearer of more troubles than those you already have.