Apple Tree, many apples, many birds, apples lose  

I was hoping that the dog next door would bark long enough to scare the birds away or that feral cat that is in our neighborhood would make the backyard his home, but I guess I am out of luck. Anyway those birds are a nuisance, picking holes in all the apples. I will check into that lime spray stuff though.

Let me know wat you find out please.

It seems to work. I have not sprayed the tree yet. My husband makes all the money, but it is being used here in the city. Anyway we had so much applesauce left from last year, that we only took enough to make a couple of pies.

And people think squirrels are dumb.

Not only are they a lot smarter than we give them credit for, but they can be industrious too.

Sorry, but that made me laugh.

No wonder pecans are so expensive up here. It's those darn squirrels eating the pecans and deleting the supply. The trouble is we had two Apple trees and you know the one with the larger apples and closer to the house died. The apples on the remaining tree are only good for juice, you need tons of flour to make them good for pies.

I'm sorry to hear about your apple trees, suspenseful. It seems that you have gotten a lot of joy from them over the years, and I mourn their passing with you. :(

I wish that we had fruit trees around here that I could actually use. We have pecan trees, of course, and some crap apple trees, and about a 1/4 acre or more of plum trees. The wildlife loves these plum trees, and when the plums are really ripe, the noise of all the birds is spectacular. Fortunately, they are a good ways from the house.

I'm glad you got a good chuckle, freebc. Even though I was surprised and disgruntled at the time of my discovery of the great pecan heist, I couldn't help but chuckle at their ingenuity. They got the best of me. After all, I did all the work!!

Darned squirrels!

I thought the feral cat around our neighborhood was doing a good job and so was the dog next door.