Posted On: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Until recently, traps and poison were the established ways to protect gardens and crops from animals and pests.. Poisons are a bad idea for the simple reason that they are poisonous and can harm your kids and pets. Poisons also tend to find their way into the water and soil which your edible crops take nourishment from which is obviously not what you wanted in the first place.
Poisons are also not as effective as we might think since they often target only a specific species. There are other animals that also damage your garden and frustrate home owners, and which the undesirable poisons and traps are ineffective against. Deer, birds, cats and dogs.. the list goes on.
Anyone who lives in an area where deer abound, knows that these lovely animals can be a severe nuisance and wreck vegetable gardens as well as decorative plants and trees. Deer can be easily scared but traditional scarecrows are innefective since they do not move or make any sound. The same is true of birds. Even though you try to protect your fruit trees and bushes with reflective streamers, the birds still get most of the fruit..
And who wants to have their garden littered with reflective banners and ugly traditional scarecrows?
There is a solution to all of these problems in the shape of the modern scarecrow which is essentially a motion activated sprinkler such as the Contech Scarecrow Sprinkler.
Scarecrow sprinklers have quickly become popular with residential homeowners as well as people living in more rural areas.
This is a ecological and animal friendly way to keep your garden safe. The animal is simply scared away with tap water.. All you need is a normal water tap. It is also a humane animal deterrent because there are no poisons, no traps and the animal is simply scared away. Since a scarecrow sprinkler only uses water it is environmentally safe but also very effective and has considerable targeting range. It is maintenance-free and simple to use with easy to understand instruction.
Usage is straightforward:
1) Conect the screcrow to a garden tap, for example via your garden hose.
2) Position it so that it covers an area you want to protect.
3) Open the tap. The motion activated sprinkler is now ready for use. No water is used unless the mechanism fires.
If the motion detector in the scarecrow is activated the sprinkler shoots a quick spray of water that scares the offending animal away. It works on the majority of aniimals, from small rodents to birds to deer..
If you decide to buy a Scarecrow Sprinkler we recommend you buy a established brand and model. Contech are marketleaders with their Contech Electronics CRO101 Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler
. Hundreds of positive reviews on Amazon marketplce is a testament to the quality and popularity of the Contech Scarecrow Sprinkler
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