Country Lore: Protect Your Corn from Critters
August/September 2007
By William Woys Weaver
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Ears of corn can be protected from critters with tape.
NATE SKOW
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Ears of corn can be protected from raccoons and squirrels by wrapping the ears with reinforced packing tape. Circle the ear with the tape about 2 inches below the tip. Then wrap the ear to the stalk so the critters can’t pull it down. (Do not wrap the tape so tightly that the corn cannot expand properly in the husk.)