Hi Renate,

Thanks for the tip. I’ll try it! We finally threw in the towel last year, but are energized again this year. I’ll keep you posted.

Have a great weekend, Lynn

just saw your message about tomato plants and the birds. It may be the shining of the bulb rather than the red color faking them out. We had trouble with birds dropping their business on our car a few years ago. we have a lot of trees near our parking area. I researched ways to keep them at bay and read that they don’t like shiny objects. People tried hanging old CD’s, tinsel, or shiny wind chimes and count it helped. I decided to get a shiny sun reflector for our windshield. we put it in the window at and haven’t had a problem since. It was amazing how they just stopped as long as it’s in the window. So, if red bulbs don’t help try silver shiny ones.

Hi Lisa,

That is a BRILLIANT suggestion!! Going to go through my attic now looking for red Christmas balls!

Thanks so much!

Lynn