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This year, we installed a Scarecrow motion activated animal deterrent that blasts the little buggers with a jet of cold water as they approach the veggies. A fence wasn't an option, so we just paid the money for the Scarecrow. So far, we've had NO problems with animals in the garden.
Tree rats almost drove my poor husband insane one winter so I just purchased a squirrel-proof bird feeder. Every once in a while they'll try to get into it, but it doesn't last long. And once they jump down, they just become "cannon fodder" for this granny with a gun...
During squirrel season you could shoot fifty of the little buggers and they would invite one hundred to their funerals! As long as there is food available; squirrels will be there.
LOL.. Very True.. Might be a territorial thing with them. When a few are gone, others move in.
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Originally Posted by aquietpath
I love squirrels, and feed them regularly. My neighbor tells me since I have moved here and begun feeding them, the squirrels have left his fig tree alone.
To me, that's a win-win.
That's the other yet risky trick.. Feed them in another area of the yard. Problem with that is.. Once they taste a tomato they might not go to the nuts. LOL Also, you have to keep feeding them daily and more than just one in many cases.
That's the other yet risky trick.. Feed them in another area of the yard. Problem with that is.. Once they taste a tomato they might not go to the nuts. LOL Also, you have to keep feeding them daily and more than just one in many cases.
The problem with trying the 'feed in another area' trick is that food turns into more baby squirrels. Whether it is an abundance of garden food or 'kind hearted' animal lovers; squirrels breed when the picking's are easy. Eventually; there are simply too many to be distracted anymore. Then they come after any available food in the neighborhood (including the neighbor's fig trees or whatever).
This year will be the third year in a row that I cannot pick any fruit off my five mature apple trees and four mature pear trees. I wonder if the kind hearted squirrel feeders next door would be willing to pay for my time spraying and pruning - as well as the bushels of fruit that I did not pick? There is no accountability for 'nature lovers'.
This year, we installed a Scarecrow motion activated animal deterrent that blasts the little buggers with a jet of cold water as they approach the veggies. A fence wasn't an option, so we just paid the money for the Scarecrow. So far, we've had NO problems with animals in the garden.
Please please please provide a photo of this - or better yet, a video. Where did you find it? Sounds like a good Father's Day present for next year...
If you're interested in catching squirrels, I've had pretty good success with peanut butter.
A bucket half full of water with sunflower seeds floating on top also works quite well. Just put a wooden ramp off one side for them to walk up and jump in. Sprinkle some sunflower seeds around the base.
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