I recently read what looks like a good idea in a magazine. Before your strawberries ripen and turn red, paint some strawberry-sized ROCKS “strawberry red”. Birds are supposed to peck on the hard-rock “strawberries” and go away mad and not come back any time soon. Saw this in “Living the Country Life” magazine. Gonna try it. - We put some beer in the red plastic lids that KFC puts out in their chicken meals. Just the right size and height to put around the strawberries. Slugs had a beer party.
Beer works every time!
Planting rocks red like strawberries - good idea.