Protect Your Cherry Trees from Birds

Cherry trees can be a fun hobby and growing your own cherries is always good for the environment. But, some of our flying friends don't seem to understand "keep away". In this article, you'll learn how to protect your cherry trees from these winged rascals.

Steps

 * 1) Rip off a sheet of tin foil. Make sure it looks square.
 * 2) Crunch the foil up so they resemble "snakes". You should have thick strings of tin foil.
 * 3) Coil the "snakes" up so they resemble springs.
 * 4) Attach a piece of string about 6 inches long.
 * 5) Hang them on your cherry tree. You should have one for every about 5 feet squared. The glint from the sun reflecting off of the foil combined with the wind blowing it around will scare the birds away. Your tree might look silly at the end of it, but it's very effective. Good luck!

Tips

 * For more efficiency, only hang the coils on the outside of the tree.

Warnings

 * Don't make the "snakes" too small or else this will not work.

Things You'll Need

 * Tin foil
 * string

Related Tips and Steps

 * How to Grow a Cherry Blossom Tree
 * How to Plant a Tree