As you can see, large, ripe and beautiful!
Some ghost scarecrows in the strawberry fields?
Strawberry farming is a costly and an intensive business and apart from risky weather, hail storms and such, one also has to take care of nature's opportunists and in this case it is birds, as they can decimate a field within hours.
Scarecrows are the best defense against the predators, but it certainly does not have to be the normal type of scarecrows, such as a broomstick, some grass and a hat.
No, some artist has decided to take scarecrows to another level here.
Let's have a look!
This is the sign at the entrance to the place.
There is also a large and popular restaurant on the premises, but I want to concentrate on the strawberry field!
Ever seen a lady on a bicycle?
At least that's what the birds think hahaha.
No bird will land here in this "busy" field!
The crop is certainly maturing nicely!
A bunch of escapees racing away from the prison hahaha
Some more aunties cycling in the field!
Colorful characters riding on the old "Pennyfarthing" cycles
Check out that flamboyant ostrich and his leader!
The most colorful windmill that I have ever seen!
How's this strawberry delivering crew at the back of that old blue truck?
And finally a scene on our way back home!
That's All Folks!
We certainly live in a very interesting place here in the Western Cape Province and there is so much to see. During our two months here, we have explored and found many amazing places.
But the good news is that there is so much more to see once we start to venture out to all of the other areas.
Note that I will soon be doing another post on the sculpture art farm.
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Beautiful fruit, strange artwork. Thanks for sharing!
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Just a passionate soul protecting her strawberries and at the same time showing her love for art my friend.
Blessings and thank you!
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Fresh strawberries and such cool colorful and fun art, Loved this post
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Great that you liked it JJ.
It didn't take off like yesterday's post, but one cannot compare the two post, as the other one is in a class of it's own.
Nevertheless I have never seen such arty attention being paid to scarecrows before.
Blessings and thank you my bro!
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How could I not like such a cool place and post ;)
I dontthink I have ever seen scarecrows as a form of art either well not so many of them as they had there
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Hahaha, thank you and she obviously loves her art and her strawberries my friend. I forgot to tell you that the farm has a new lady owner.
Blessings!
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Cleary a lady with a creative mind ;)
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Mornin’ Sir Stephen! Those scarecrows are a work of art in themselves. Putting them on bicycles is a great idea.
The strawberry looks delicious. Our season For the strawberries has passed but I froze some to make strawberry shortcake this winter.
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Ah! And of course we will get the recipe in a post Lady Jo?
The farm has a new arty lady owner and she certainly knows how to dress scarecrows methinks.
Blessings and thank you!
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They are so creative with the scarecrows, makes me laugh!!!
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Hahaha, a new one here as no one has seen it before.
The artist really had some humor.
Blessings and thank you!
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Wow, Cyclists are cool! A master with very creative thinking!))
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Hahaha, you are so right my dear friend.
I was amazed to see how much time and attention the artist put into this project.
Blessings!
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damn, I am voting for this stuff with all my almost 9k ccc stash -- this is so good! dont sell me these are simply scarecrows on the bikes -- I dont buy it! it is someone's art project, good, successful, creative, unique art-project!
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Best of all is that we didn't see even one bird trying to eat the strawberries there my friend.
The new owner is a lady and she is certainly going out of her way to protect her strawberries hahaha
But you are right as it might be her art project.
Glad that you liked it and thank you for the vote.
Blessings!
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Thank you kindly.
Blessings!
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You're welcome @papilloncharity
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Thank you kindly @bluemoon
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How cute are those scary birds lol and strawberries look delicious
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Thank you and glad that you liked it my friend.
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Those are absolutely the best scarecrows I think I have ever seen! Very colourful. I need to get a really dour one ready for Halloween, but I might keep this in mind for the spring to keep up as a fun decoration!
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We are struggling with power outages this morning and this might be a second reply my friend.
I think that this artist lady is going to create a scarecrow revolution, as all growers might take a new interest in their scarecrows hahaha.
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Well that's a first - art scarecrows! Such a creative crew there to have functional art!
Appreciate you sharing the marvelous sights from Western Cape Province - Beautiful!
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Thank you my dear friend.
The farm has a new lady owner and she is obviously an artist.
A most amazing sight and no bird could be seen.
Certainly a bright idea and my pleasure to share.
Blessings!
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Greetings! Can you please have a look at the #homesteading tag here and tell me if it is the right one to use? I want the small farmers and the veggie gardeners to see this.
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Yes that is the right tag to get it to small farmers and veggie gardeners with the broadest audience. There is the #homesteaderscoop which may resteemit if you use their tag.
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Cool and thank you for the kind advice my friend.
Blessings!
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I just resteemed it onto the @Homesteaderscoop blog.Such a cool post I'm sure the folks at Homesteaders Co-op can appreciate it!
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You are such a good friend and we are so happy to have you on our side my friend. Thank you so much.
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enjoy, my friend! this is truly amazing.
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Wow! Papillon is rich?
20,000 GEEK tokens sounds like an awful amount @qwerrie
I am glad that I could make you so happy my friend.
Blessings and thank you kindly for the great support!
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yes.... like in that anecdote about coyboys and indians. exactly!
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Hahaha, you are so funny!
Blessings!
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Places like this is why I love autumn so much!!!
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Thank you my friend.
It was a great experience to see it all.
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Thank you for the kind support.
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Thank you my dear friend!
Blessings!
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Ohhh I love strawberries! And those scarecrows...haha amazing!
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We are honored by your kind visit my friend.
Glad that you liked the post and thank you so much for the support.
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Sincere thanks!
Blessings to your work!
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Artistic innovation in the strawberry fields really is thinking "outside of the box", dual effect being lighthearted for visitors in keeping birds at bay Stephen.
Never seen this done on a farm anywhere before, most entertaining no wonder those strawberries look ginormous and delicious!
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Thank you lady Joan and the great thing is that wile we were sitting on the open balcony of the restaurant that overlooks the strawberry field, not one bird landed there. All of the tourists oohed and aahed and cameras were happily clicking away.
It shows what love and passion from an owner can do.
I am rushing now before the power cuts start.
Blessings!
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That little bit of passion goes a long way, what fun she must have had making the extra hands on the farm, now entertaining and doing a good job.
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She can certainly list them as "ghost workers" on the farms salary sheets Lady Joan hahaha.
Blessings!
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Hello
I love those scarecrows I don't know which one is the funniest and the one with the most art, but those strawberries have to grow happily and with the colors of the rainbow
Happy day
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Thank you and the beautiful scarecrows keep the birds away so that they are scared to eat the strawberries my friend.
A winner all round.
Blessings!
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What a lovely fun post my friend, they all look very cheerful! You should consider posting this kind of blog through travelfeed.io
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Thank you my dear friend.
I don't have travelfeed.io yet, but will have a look into it.
Do you know if I can share this post into it?
Thank you for the kind advice.
Blessings!
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A kind thank you.
Blessings!
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I LOVE all the colorful artsy people thingys. :)
Fun post !
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Thank you and they are called scarecrows my friend.
The farmers put them in their fields to scare the birds away.
Glad that you liked the post.
Blessings!
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Haha... that's some characters! The first few are a bit zombie-esque! And then some reminded me of Cirque du Soleil acts... I thought I saw Ronald McDonald's relative there too.... lol
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Hahaha, what a delightful and funny reply.
You certainly haven't lost your touch my friend.
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Hahahaha, am glad you enjoy them!
Have a good weekend, Stephen!!
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And may your weekend also be full of good things my friend.
Blessings!
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Bicycle races on the strawberry field, they will crush the beds on their bikes LOL
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Hahahaha, I think that's why the birds stay away my friend.
They don't want to be crushed in the races Lol
Blessings and thank you for the visit.
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For birds on the field you need to put a couple of planes and a helicopter with bogeys Lol
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Hahaha, good idea Lol.
Have a good Saturday my friend.
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Mutually, buddy :-)
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Howdy sir papilloncharity! What an amazing place! I've never seen scarecrow art before and those things have such an important practical use too of course. I thought birds were smarter than that but I'm glad their scarecrows work!
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Just shows how much nature's residents fear even the shape of a human being Sir @janton. Many of the tourists were stunned by the views.
We saw not one bird there and it's definitely working very well.
Blessings.
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I guess those birds are smart afterall, seeing as men bring so much death and destruction where ever they go!
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These mountains! Where are you? :)
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They are called "Table Mountain" and it is in the western cape province of South Africa my friend.
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They call me and my enduro..
Do you live there?
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Yes, I live here in South Africa my friend!😄
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I like how your strawberry season is the opposite time of year as mine. I should travel down there so I can enjoy freshly picked strawberries twice a year.
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Well get yourself a pair of wings my friend and travel over with the migrating birds every year Lol.
Blessings and thank you!
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