Squirrels relish digging up seeds and young seedlings, especially in your freshly-planted beds. Their holes tend to be shallow and small (the size of a golf ball). They love to dig around in your flower pots, too. Squirrels and chipmunks are known to look for insects or other goodies in...
Squirrels love to dig in freshly planted garden beds, especially if it means digging up tulip bulbs. Though squirrels don’t always eat the bulbs they find, they usually run off with the bulbs and take a few bites before they discard them around a yard or field. Fortunately for gardeners,...
If you have tried everything to keep squirrels away and they still keep returning to your garden, try setting up a distraction station somewhere in your yard that is some distance away from your veggies. Set up a food station with squirrel tempting treats like sunflower seeds, nuts and other...
they will dig their tunnels under walkways, driveways, and your foundation. This can cause damage to your foundation as well as upheaval or cracks in driveways and walkways. Chipmunks are also small enough to get through fencing to invade flower beds and vegetable gardens, where they will eat ...
up yet, as my grandmother would say. A 55 degree Fahrenheit day in October seems so much colder than a 55 degree day in March. 55 degrees in October make us want to light the fire and drink cocoa. But 55 degrees in March make us want to hie to the garden and start digging!
Although a disputed method, as this may end up attracting more, giving in to the little guys might just be an option. If you’ve got a large area, make them their own feeding ground that is well away from your garden beds. Use a squirrel feeder to feed them their own sunflower seeds...
These can also keep the squirrels from digging and placing nuts in your garden beds because of the sting of the pepper. For flowerbeds, you can combine 3 teaspoons of pepper sauce, a teaspoon of chili powder and ½ a teaspoon of dish detergent with 2 cups of water. Using a spray ...
During nut harvest time wire mesh can be laid on top of the soil in a garden bed plagued by squirrel digging. Wire mesh can also be used to make cages for garden beds or containers to protect your most valued plants. Quarter inch galvanized mesh will keep squirrels out effectively, but ...
Squirrels relish digging up seeds and young seedlings, especially in your freshly-planted beds. Their holes tend to be shallow and small (the size of a golf ball). They love to dig around in your flower pots, too. Squirrels and chipmunks are known to look for insects or other goodies in...