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I started hanging CD's around my garden and put foil on the bottom of my tomato plants. The quick motion and reflection scares them away and they can't figure that out. So far I have not lost another tomato!
Had this problemI tried putting things like statues/large figurines of owls and squirrels in the area they are nesting. It seemed to work for a couple of months. Use oilOnce swallows have nested in your eves, they will return every year with their young to nest again. They are attracted to the shelter of overhangs and especially love stucco/cement plaster walls where their mud sticks so well.Pressure washing the nests off will work, but you will have to stay on it 24x7 for a couple of weeks while the birds frantically try to rebuild what you keep washing down.
A fake owl will work, for about 30 minutes until the birds figure out that it doesn't move. Owl boxes might in some places, but in our area, the swallows always return first.
There is one thing swallows do know and respect. That is how well their mud sticks to the walls. They move on immediately if the mud does not stick to the walls.
We had a terrible swallow problem in our stucco walled breezeway - the perfect condition for swallow nests. When we moved in, every spring would be a Hitchcock-ian nightmare of swarming birds and beating down swallow nests.
One spring about seven years ago, I braved the breezeway in the midst of a hive-like swarm of dive bombing swallows, and sprayed canola oil on the walls right near the ceiling. All the birds were gone in less than 8 minutes. For the rest of the year. We had one come back the next year to try it again. One more zitst from the spray bottle of canola oil and we have been swallow free for eight years. These birds know when their mud don't stick and they leave to find a place that does.
FYI - the canola oil evaporated in the summer heat in about two weeks without leaving a residue on the walls. BTW - I got the idea from someone in Pennsylvania who had put grease on the rafters to get rid of barn swallows.
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When was Back Porch Records created?
Back Porch Records was created in 1997.
How many people are in the band Front Porch Step?
There are three people in the band Front Porch Step. This band is just now starting out and is not very popular.
Where is Sammy Davis' ex-wife may Britt?
on your porch
What is the country song they sing in the last song movie when they are on the porch?
No your a towel
Why is there very little competition between swallows and swifts?
because theyre all crackhead -.-
How do you get rid of doves on the porch?
you dont . doves are signs of peace.
How do you get rid of possums from under your porch?
What is under your porch that is so appealing to the possums? I suggest you remove the 'tempation' and make sure they have no access to food and water and enclose the porch.
What is pural possessive noun of swallows?
The possessive form of the plural noun swallows is swallows'. Example: There was a row of swallows' nests under the edge of the cliff. The word swallows is also the third person, singular of the verb to swallow.
How do you completely kill off swarming flies We have swarming flies on our porch in warm weather?
One way to rid the porch of flies is to make a fly trap out of a jug, apple cider vinegar, and corn syrup. The flies will be drawn to it and drown when they can not get back out.
Swallows in the air are referred to as what?
A "flight" of swallows.
What is a group of swallows called?
A group of swallows is called a "flight" or a "gulp."
What kind of bird sleeps on your porch pillar every night?
A young owl has been sleeping on my porch column on the inner side every night. A few times I opened the door to check the weather out, and he would fly away. But he would fly back when I went back in house. Tonight I turned the porch light on first and slightly opened the door. He turned his head around to me and it was a very young owl. I quickly shut the door and turned light off so he would not scare away. On my porch floor under where he sits at night is a lot of bird yuppy all over the porch ground. LOL He has been there several weeks now.
Can a female get pregnant if she swallows sperm?
If she only swallows it, then no.
What is a service porch?
a service porch is a porch but for service men to come in and out of!
How do you write the singular possessive form of porch?
The plural of porch is porches.
What time of year should you prune a trailing begonia which is in a basket under a porch?
Prune any begonia anytime. You can't hurt it. In fact, you can't get rid of it.
What is the plural of porch?
The plural for porch is porches.More than one porch=porches
