Squirrels are eating our strawberry patch - any suggestions about how to get them to stop??Squirrel Problems?
Oh those little boogers!They are very hard to get them to leave once they have tasted your yummy morsels.
You can put a small cage of chicken wire over the top. push down slightly to the ground because they will try to go under neath. You can put a few long stakes weaved through the mesh into the soil. Other things you can do..
anything smelly....chive tops, onion heads, crushed mint (tea bags work) stinky shoes, dryer sheets ( not pretty but works very well)
and whirley-gigs, anything that moves alot.
Depending on how large your strawberry patch it you can also put liter bottles over them or bird mesh.
There are also mt.lion scent and other
predator scent you can get at any sporting good store, however with them you have a smell!
You can put decoy predator
around...owls...snakes....I have even used stuffed animals.
Nothing is 100% except to eradicate them .I myself just put up with them. I also have a squirrel feeder farther away so they are not quite so hungry all the time!
Good luck and God Bless!
GrandmaSquirrel Problems?
Put a ceramic OWL in the patch. With reflective eyes, if available. I have also seen battery-operated OWLS that ';Hoot';.
Many WALMARTS %26amp; PUBLIX'S put ceramic OWLS on the roof to ward off bats, birds %26amp; squirrels.
Hope it helps.
Things I've heard from my gardening friends:
- put foil along the fence where the travel
- hang shiny things around the patch (old CD's)
- fake owl
- put chicken wire over your patch
Good luck!
I would say try this product, it can't hurt. good luck.
http://www.critter-repellent.com/squirre鈥?/a>
bee bee gun lol
Squirrels have to be one of the most persistent and intelligent eaters on the planet. I really hate to post this, but a instead of a scare crow, you have to put a sacrificial squirrel. Once they see one of their own dead at the hands of their desire they will never come back. You may also want to contact an organic gardener or PETA as both will give viable suggestions. Good Luck!
invite some chinamen over. they will be more than happy to catch em skewer them and roast them.
Friday, November 25, 2011
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