Plan your 2025 garden with our award-winning Garden Planner. Squirrels can be entertaining to watch, but it can be very frustrating if they keep digging up your garden plants or take up residence in your garage. Here is how to keep squirrels away with natural squirrel-repellent ideas. Squirre...
Do you have a solution to deter those persistent squirrels from digging up and destroying my biggest summer investment — those colorful annuals that I very much enjoy? There must be a common kitchen spice or another household item I could add to the soil that would not affect the flowers....
Are there small, shallow holes dug in your garden beds? Do you find fruits and vegetables that are half eaten? Have your freshly planted bulbs been dug up? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these, it’s probably squirrel damage. Their rummaging is in full swing in fall when ...
In your backyard, they are at your birdfeeder, digging tulip bulbs out of the flower garden, and munching on sunflowers. In the Fall, squirrels will chew through pumpkins in your garden, as well as those on the front step. Unfortunately for gardeners, they are hard to get rid of However...
Zen Rial/Moment/GettyImages Cuddly little squirrels with their fluffy tails can be adorably cute. But squirrels running off with the fruits of your peach tree, squirrels digging in your flower boxes or squirrels chewing off rosebuds before they can bloom—not quite as cute. They can be destruct...
Squirrels stay active all winter, so they need plenty of food to help keep up their energy. Squirrelstend to buryfood underground, piece by piece. Some squirrels may gather food into piles that they put at the base of trees or bury underground....
Some people suggest setting up a squirrel feeder near the garden to distract squirrels from digging in or nibbling on the garden, but this tactic is likely to backfire. If you start deliberately feeding them you’ll only invite more squirrel problems to your yard and your neighborhood. In the...
Using black and cayenne pepper is safe for both types of garden. Other scents that will deter squirrels from your gardens are nutmeg, cinnamon, Serrano and crushed jalapeno peppers. These can also keep the squirrels from digging and placing nuts in your garden beds because of the sting of ...
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Even if you never see squirrels in your yard, there are lots of signs that they have been visiting your garden. Look for shallow digging and holes around plants, small bites on vegetables (particularlytomatoes), seed heads that have been nibbled, whole plants that have disappeared (!), and...