Scarecrow

A Scarecrow can be made by members with level 23 Farming. Each scarecrow made grants 25xp. The scarecrow is placed in the flower patch as protection for sweetcorn planted in the nearby allotments. The scarecrow is used to complete one of the medium tasks in the Falador Achievement Diary.

Construction

 * Sack
 * Hay bale or haystack
 * Bronze spear
 * Watermelon

It is constructed by using an empty sack on a hay bale or a haystack to make a hay sack. A bronze spear is then used on the hay sack, and finally the spear with a watermelon.

With the scarecrow in the inventory, it is used on the flower patch to place it. Note that weeds will grow up around the scarecrow, which does not affect the scarecrow's ability to protect sweetcorn from disease. To remove, a spade is used on the flower patch, which returns the scarecrow to the inventory. You are able to rake away the weeds without removing the scarecrow itself.

Trivia

 * Attempting to use a non-bronze spear on the sack gives the message, "Waste this spear on a scarecrow? I think not- maybe I should find a bronze spear instead."
 * The individual components of a scarecrow are tradeable, but the fully assembled scarecrow is not.
 * Placing a scarecrow to protect your sweetcorn as it grows in the patch north of Port Sarim is a medium level task in the Falador Diary.
 * If you check the protection price of a scarecrow in the Farming guide, it will say "Unsurprisingly, scarecrows don't need protection."
 * After the 2009 RuneTek 5 update the image for the scarecrow was changed due to a bug.
 * Unlike most portrayed scarecrows, player made scarecrows have a watermelon as a head instead of a pumpkin.