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,...
We’re become accustomed to a spring with a fickle nature in our patch of the Ohio River Valley. It’s not rare to see flower blossoms here looking shocked and more than a little indignant, peeking out from a blanket of snow. But being accustomed doesn’t ease our spring fever as we ...
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 ...
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 ...
Set up a food station with squirrel tempting treats like sunflower seeds, nuts and other treats. This will attract the squirrels away from your vegetables and to other areas of the yard. Just be sure the station is positioned well away from your edible vegetables. Don’t forget to keep wat...
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...