So now hubby is down his shed making this huge scarecrow its about 5ft tall he has stuffed it with my Sugar Cane Mulch and dressed it in a pair of black track pants, and a black leather jacket, Looks more like a Bikee now what I need to know is "Is Black OK" or should he dress it in something brighter to scare it away if that is possible. And what other kind of decoration can we put on it to make it look more gruesome as its our very first Scarecrow. Looking forward to lots of very interesting ideas...Cheers..MM.

PS When I went down to take a Pic it had started to rain so now the Scarecrow has a plastic bag over it, doesn't look too scarey to me.

for the scare crow to work you need to keep changing it's position see if hubby can add motions like a moving arm. also seen lots made from shopping bags as the move a lot it the wind and make a noise. maybe change the hat often.

another suggestion that came to me once was using tinsel the bright red, orange golden colours.

len

My father used to do this too. He also used to put rat traps on the roof, not set, but the crows didn't know that. Another thing he stumbled on was when he sprinkled some powdered lime around the pen (apparently deters lice) the crows didn't come anywhere near the place.