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While garden pests like rodents and birds can be crafty, they’re really not all that smart, because they trust their instincts instead of their intelligence to keep them safe. You can play on that by using inexpensive items they’ll avoid on sight.

For example, rabbits are (justifiably) afraid of snakes — so a few lengths of garden hose laid out in the garden patch can deter them. Similarly, you can discourage crows from chowing down on your seedlings and young transplants by erecting a row of bamboo stakes, connecting them with string, and tying a few pieces of aluminum foil to the string so they’ll flap in the breeze.

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