Get to your apples before the squirrels do!

Last year Tightwad lost a ton of apples to squirrels, who scurried up her tree and helped themselves to big, beautiful, ripe apples, one bite at a time. This year Tightwad is getting smart and tying punctured aluminum pie plates one at a time with twine to the low branches of the tree. Turns out, squirrels don't like clanging!