thebigsweed

love the idea of your bird boxes. Any natural way that we can solve a pest problem the better. Ten years ago I planted several hundred superior grafted walnut, cherry, and popular trees and there were several problems to deal with. First there were the vohels. Rather than poison I set live traps which works great. The next problem were the White Tail Deer eating the new growth every spring. A sure fire method for this problem was spraying an egg/milk solution on the new growth. This remedy works for any vegetation that the deer may browse on. The ratio for the mixture is 1 gallon of milk for 2 dozen eggs. Just mix with a blender, put into a spray bottle, and spray away. If you are only going to spray a few plants you can mix 6 eggs to a quart of milk. This will give you around 32 oz. of solution for about $2.00. The application of this mixture will protect your plants for months.