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29 Comments
one of my neighbors is feeding the squirrels peanuts. I have found peanut plants growing in my yard.
Thanks for info. Didnt know peppermint would work on ants. Will use next year.
Yes I am so tired of them digging out my garlic or just making random holes in my garden beds
My squirrels climb up the corns stalks, husk the corn, and feast on corn. Not even digging.
I have nothing in my yard for the squirrels, yet I have 2 that are in my yard constantly. They go from my yard to the neighbors.
I feel the same way I ordered garlic from you and probably every single clove of garlic has been eaten by squirrels. I may have two left.
How about skunks? They do the same stuff squirrels do
Mine are getting several tomatoes as in a day, mine do consume as well as dig. I cover my plants with grates and wire etc. cay and e powder doesn’t bother them at nor do pest sound things or or owls etc they also strip my apple tree every year.
Oh, thank you!! I recently planted my beautiful MI Gardener garlic in my raised bed and my pup pointed out we had chipmunks visiting that bed. I'm going to give the Cayenne pepper a try.
I plant mostly in pots. I find the Hen manure works best to deter the squirrels from digging in the pots. When they start eating my tomatoes, peppers etc. I put some human hair strands on the plants. Seems to works better than anything else i havd tried. My squirrels eat tomatoes while staring right at me!
Oh no Squirrels 😊
Wire mesh for the Garlic😊
I only have European Red Squirrels, so that might change things. However, while they love to dig and burry things in my beds and plant pots, it doesn't cause any more problems than the average weed. I know that our red Squirrels might be different, but I get more enjoyment from them than frustration from the inconvenience they cause.
I've noticed that squirrels that have been fed by humans (like near my home) are attracted to anything that smells like humans have touched it. That's where they dig, every time. Now when I plant new spots, I scatter a combination of blood meal and chicken manure pellets. By the time the scent of that dissipates, so has the smell of my hands, so they don't dig.
Cayenne pepper powder doesn't work with the squirrels in my area at all
They are doing this in my containers! Ugh!
Thank you for this! I have them everywhere also and driving me nuts(no pun intended)!I must have found 20 acorns in my beds and I don’t even have an acorn tree near me! Ugh!,,
I have yet to get even ONE walnut off of my huge English Walnut trees. The squirrels do leave the black walnuts, but strip the orchard trees bare. These trees are always loaded and I’d love to stop buying things that grow right outside my window!!
Any help on VOLES??? They’re attacking orchard trees, garden, everything. 😢 i use hardware cloth on the bottom of raises beds but the rest is their buffet.
I work hard to seldom enjoy any of my harvest while the wildlife above and below ground are getting very fat and happy! Help?!?
How do you keep mice out? They are literally every last one of my sweet potatoes
Thanks for the info. I gave up on growing lettuce and carrots this fall thinking the squirrels were eating the seedlings. I'll be using chicken wire next year for sure.
My squirrels are even more evil then just digging up my garlic…. They're even digging up the plastic labels I had at both ends of each variety of garlic!!
I replaced them with metal forks buried deep in the soil!!!
Then I laid green rubber snakes on each bed.
Definitely an acorn and hickory nut abundant year here at my North Carolina home. Squirrels are digging in all my pots and raised beds!! We are surrounded by woods and the squirrel population is very healthy!
Pellets of dried hen manure works!
I also use empty 10/20 netted flats upside down
Pick up your nuts! 😂😂
Thank you! I’ll try anything to keep squirrels and rodents out.
I legit had an argument with a squirrel. 🐿️ Wench cussed me out from a tree because I chased it out of my garden.
Do you think the peppermint oil will deter the bees?
Our squirrels will test taste everything with one bite and leave them (tomatoes, pumpkins, etc) strewn about the yard 🙄 our neighbor feeds them 😩 I've tried all of these solutions but the peppermint… will have to try but I'm almost about ready to garden ONLY in the winter in greenhouse/glass covered beds. I've tried SO many solutions, and they just keep being a problem :/ last year I had to completely alcatraz-level cage our pumpkins with small chicken wire and bricks at the bottom of the cage….and they still somehow got some of them. Will try the peppermint.
I have been at war with squirrels/chickmunks for years. I have used netting for a whule but they figured out how to get under or over it. This year, by Gods grace, I found the solution. Layers of netting. I started with one layer and let the tonatoe plant grow thru it. Once those branchs start flowering, I put in another layer. Now at end of season I have 4 layers. Ive only lost a few tomatoes to the vermin since this discovery. The only issue is that it makes it hard to prune the plants. But the plants have been healthy with good fruit despite the lack of pruning. 😊
I find traps very effective also.