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  6 0 Short of the traditional scarecrow, you might pick up a plastic owl - most home & garden stores should carry them. An owl is about the only animal crows recognize as a potential threat. Make sure to place in in a prominent, highly visible location, preferably in an open space above your garden plot(s). Christopher Comte answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report 1 comment by Kristin Bell… 0 0 Those fake owls do work...at least for keeping away seagulls. Just make sure you get the kind that you can fill with sand or rocks so it won't blow away. :) Kristin Bell commented over 3 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 0 you should get a motion activated sprinkler. They are a bit pricey $50-60, but they work. When an animal enters your garden, the sprinkler scares the holy bajesus out of them. google "scarecrow motion activated sprinkler" Slyce Monkey answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 1 Feed them on the other side of the house, but throw rocks at them on the lettuce side. They love American cheese. Fnarf answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I've seen people hang old CDs on strings - they cast reflections around and supposedly scare away birds. Mylar strips are another option. I don't have personal experience with this, but it does look cool... JRo answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report 1 comment by Megan Koster… 0 0 Shiny stuff won't work on the crows -- they LOVE shiny stuff. It'll work for the littler birds. Megan Koster commented over 3 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 The crows aren't mistaking anything for anything. They know damn well what they're eating and who they are taking it from. One of the causes of chronic crow attacks on specific people is that the victim previously attacked the crows, or the victim merely looks like the crow attacker. Younger crows or newcomers to the roost or nesting pair will be taught which person is the enemy, so the feud can last many generations of crows. If you're going to openly harass or assault the crows, make sure you either kill every last one of them, or you wear a convincing disguise. Crows are smart so no Superman/Clark Kent bullshit is going to cut it. Killing one crow and putting its carcass out as a warning to the others does work, but do you really want a rotting crow around all summer?  And it doesn't always but the fear into them; sometimes it inspires bloody revenge and you don't want that. I'm not kidding. I read this in In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. Marzluff and also in Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich. Primitive humans learned to worship the raven and share their food with it, rather try to resist their food stealing.  I'd follow their lead and at least do nothing to piss them off.  If you can put up a barrier over your lettuce, and it mostly works, count yourself lucky.   elenchos answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 The floating row cover is a good idea, especially in spring. In summer though your lettuce might be stressed by the extra heat trapped by a row cover. And floating row covers are damaged by the sun's UV rays, so they eventually get brittle and you have to replace them. Buy a roll of hardware cloth (1" mesh size or something similar), cut a piece off the roll that is about 18" wide. Bend the piece along its long axis so that the piece is a semi-circle (more accurately, a semi-tube). Place this piece of mesh over the row of lettuce for a few weeks until the plants are well-established/rooted. At that point, transplant or sow your next row of lettuce and place the piece of mesh protection over the next crop. Depending on the length of your row you'll probably need several 18"-wide pieces of the bent hardware cloth. C answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Try human hair. Collect it off your brush and lay it over your plants. Animals will generally avoid plants with hair on it because they can't get the hairs out of their mouths. HAHAHAHA! No opposable thumbs! This also works for blooms that get eaten by deer. Leslie Robertson Wagner answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Are you planting seeds? If so, birds really love sprouts. I would start your lettuce inside or keep it well covered until it's well past the sprout stage. Beth Wapelhorst Martin answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 You can try putting some strips of aluminium foil on strings above your lettuce and let the aluminium foil dangle in the wind. Sea shells wrapped in aluminium foil adds noise. elianara answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Floating row covers. That lightweight, fabric (available at McClendons, and I assume elsewhere) that let's light, air and water through. This generally keeps squirrels, birds and cats from digging up my newly planted beds. Once the seedlings are well established I usually remove them. And as a bonus, the covers also keep the beds a few degrees warmer. David Goldstein answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Two words, dude: Feline intervention. Get yourself some 10th generation alley cats, any pound will have plenty, you can spot them by a certain wild brown/gray and black tabby pattern and a distinctly psychotic cast to their bright green eyes, feed them well and turn them loose. You may find a surplus of hard stinky presents buried in your garden, but such is the price of progress. Max Blair answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  6 7 You have to kill one. Crows are extremely intelligent and they remember if they see one of their own die. Just shoot one, and if possible string up the body for a few days. That will keep them away, guaranteed. sepiolida answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 3 I think you need a scarecrow! Kristin Bell answered in Whatever over 3 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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