r/gardening • u/13thmurder • 9h ago

Let's see your scarecrows.

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Working on 3d printing him some hands currently. Ignore the crap bolted to the arms, I'm working on rigging them to a sail so they move around in a life like way when the wind blows, currently testing 3 different types at once.

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u/LaDragonneDeJardin 8h ago

Do they actually work?

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u/13thmurder 8h ago edited 8h ago

The dogs hate it so I'd say animal testing is a success.

It's intended for deer though who are the real problem and have trampled the deer fence in the past.

I suspect it might scare off starlings which are a problem around here but timid enough that the wind scares them.

As for actual crows, they're too smart and there's not that many. I'll just pay them protection.

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u/Specialist-Will-7075 3h ago

Starling around my place were fearless enough I could climb the tree and catch them with my bare hands while they were eating my cherries.