Setting up an owl box at Kauffman's Fruit Farm

Rodents, such as gophers and voles, eat the roots of the fruit trees which can damage or kill the trees, so rodent control is a big issue for farmers. Owls are predators that can control rodent populations in orchards naturally without the use of pesticides and chemicals. So how do farmers sign up owls for the job? Install owl boxes. As part of The FruitGuys Farm Steward program, we donated owl boxes to an east coast and west coast farm to encourage owl residency. Here is a video we made of the set-up of an owl box at Kauffman's Fruit Farm in Bird-in-Hand, PA.

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