If necessity is the mother of invention, PVC is its basic cell structure. You can do almost anything with it. It's cheap, sturdy, easily sawable, etc.
Only a few hours after discovering my corn's demise, I have a squirrel baffle in place:
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| Shown: PVC. Not shown: chicken wire, elbow fittings, staple gun. |
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| Support posts. |
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| Cross bracing. |
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| Complete! |
The top panels are removable for access. They are held on with the green wire, which is gardening "training wire." I basically "sewed" the top and side panels together with it, but the wire can quickly be removed like a "zip-strip" when I need to get in there. The bottoms of the side panels are stapled to the box. If you remember the ledges I created when the box was put together, you can now see how they are supporting the corner pieces.
The whole thing will cut the sunlight a little bit, but it will only be on until the stalks are 2 feet tall, and by then, I will have to build something larger to defend against wind anyway.
Total cost: 2 hours, $41. And I finished in time for one of my hometown's signature events,
The Preakness!
To paraphrase Bill Murray (badly),
Au revoir, squirrel.
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| Imprisoned, but also protected. |
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