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Dewitt 14-Foot by 14-Foot Bird Barricade Netting 3/4-Inch Mesh BB1414

Protects your prized plants and all your hard work from destructive birds, scavenger animals and other pests with DeWitt's Deluxe Bird Barricade. Deluxe Bird Barricade is an environmentally safe mesh netting made from polyethylene strands bonded together with a 1/4" hold opening and UV-treated for longer lasting durability. Deluxe Bird Barricade is the humane way to prevent animals from feeding on and harming trees, bushes, flowers and other plants. Get more than one season from Deluxe Bird Barricade by storing it away from sunlight when protection is no longer needed. Bird Barricade is constructed of polypropylene strands and has a 3/4" hole opening.

When the enemy attacks, it looks like a storm cloud descending on the vineyard. Starlings flock in the thousands and will eat grape berries whole. They can strip a vineyard of a large portion of the crop in a matter of minutes, consuming a years worth of labor, care and tending. Some growers try gas cannons to scare the birds. Others are even rediscovering falconry as a way to deter the the smaller birds from congregating. But the nets are still the best protection. Miles of nets in some cases. Next time you are enjoying a nice glass of wine, think about everything that went into getting it into the bottle. It might make the price a little easier to swallow.

The 42-mile Canopy Roads trail in Tallahassee starts at the 1856 McDougall House, winds past numerous country churches, a 1927 country store, this cypress-edged lake, an 800-year old Native American mound complex, along a red clay roads that skirt manicured quail hunting plantations, and ends in the quaint county seat of Monticello in Jefferson County with it’s imposing Victorian mansions and nineteenth century Opera House.

Photo courtesy of Todd Keith.