Don't you hate it when you go out to pick your strawberries that looked just perfect yesterday, only to find that those bushy-tailed rodents, otherwise known as squirrels, beat you to them?!
Or, how about when you've just re-filled the birdfeeder from that sack of seed you lugged home from the garden center - and next thing you know your beautiful songbirds are squawking and carrying on because - yet again - that pesky squirrel you can never seem to get rid of has showed up and taken over the feeder?! Don't you hate that?!
THE SOLUTION
Well, I finally found a solution to the birdfeeder problem:
The Droll Yankee Whipper
Check it out! I saw a home video on YouTube showing a squirrel after it stuffed itself on fermented pumpkin; sucker was so drunk it couldn't climb a tree! Talk about hilarious! When I posted the link on Twitter, one of my gardening buddies posted one for this squirrel-proof birdfeeder. Every time the squirrel tried to get at the birdfeed, its weight activated a battery-powered mechanism that spun the squirrel around until it went flying off the feeder! The birds are too light to activate it so they were able to resume eating.
The Droll Yankee Whipper
IT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
Although this model costs more than the ones you can get at your local garden center, I'm willing to bet it more than pays for itself in the long run - in the cost of those heavy sacks of birdseed!
I definitely plan to get one of these birdfeeders; I've actually been shopping around to find just the right one, 'cause I know there are feeders out there that claim to be squirrel-proof that definitely are not.
Here's the one I'm going to get:
It's a little pricier than the other one, but after seeing the YouTube video (and after I quit laughing my head off) I am convinced this is the real deal. Don't believe me? Check out the video for yourself:
YouTube.com/squirrelproof Now tell me that's not ingenious! Yardiac has both in stock whenever you're ready to order.
Droll Yankee Flipper 2008
The Droll Yankee Whipper
FEEDBACK, PLEASE
Do you already have a Yankee Flipper? What do you think? Is it worth the investment? Tweet me at
@FarmerPhoebe or send me an e-mail at
phoebe@askfarmerphoebe.com
and let me know what you think, OK?
I am most grateful to my Twitter buddy Beth, who told me about these. She says they bought one for her father-in-law and that, and I quote,
"he gets a lot of enjoyment out of it when squirrels are flying off of it!" And before the animal rights activists get into a tizzy, it's not built to hurt the squirrels, just to deter them. And we gardeners know for a FACT how tough that is, right?!
Here's the link once more.
The Droll Yankee Whipper
Droll Yankee Flipper 2008
Enjoy!
Well, in all the time that we have been vermicomposting, I must admit we have never once smoked any of them.
I can only assume you mean smoking worms like we smoke meat to make barbeque. Any sauce recipe suggestions to go with those smoked worms?
Eeeeeeewwww…that sounds even more gross than rolling ‘em up in a joint! Fortunately, no worms were barbecued, puffed, or harmed in any way in the making of this story.
hahaha. Phoebe.
I’m so wrapped up in cat drama I didn’t know you did this!
You crack me up.
The worms like their new house and have a very concerned mommy who is gonna fatten them up and multiply them…. and not smoke them!
Glad to hear they went to a good, fertile home. Hugs to your kitty. I hope he’s up and about and using the litter box soon.