bird tape

since i dicovered seed heads on the wheat yesterday i decided to be a bit proactive about birds today...stuck in a couple of four foot tall stakes and festooned a couple of strands of bird tape over the top...a scarecrow was suggested...perhaps later if this doesn't work well... i am assuming that i will have to change the arrangement from time to time since the birds will acclimate to the tape if it stays in one place...that's fine...as long as it works...the Zea diploperennis is coming along well...it will be at least a week before the maize i planted on campus and at home germinates...since i have been photographing the teosinte since it came up i will be able to upload some comparisons to highlight the relationship between the two and to have an amateur look at morphology...it's late may and th egardens are busy places...soon the turnips and spinach will be done and the rutabagas and green manures will be going in as i proceed with this season's adgenda...adding in the yams, teosinte, maize, beets, and jerusalem artichokes there will be lots to do...i, for one, am curious about the final total on the sunchoke harvest and just exactly how i am going to store them for somewhat easier access