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Neighborhood squirrels are anything BUT good neighbors.
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They have made a smorgasbord of my carefully planted flower bulbs on numerous occasions.
Last fall, however, hubs put chicken wire on top of our front yard round flower bed.
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The squirrels may have been able to stick their paws into the wire openings but they sure as heck were unable to bring the bulbs out!
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This spring, at last, we have lovely muscari (purple hyacinths) and yellow tulips that survived and are prospering, all thanks to chicken wire.
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(Now if I could only think of a way to put it all around the bird feeders so the bushy tailed ones cannot rob every grain from the "boidies.")
I do admire the squirrels' persistence and hard work ethic but just wish they would go to someone else's outdoor restaurant!
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HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DETER SQUIRRELS FROM CAUSING HAVOC IN YOUR YARD?
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11 comments:
Susan, I just read somewhere that putting cayene pepper in bird seed does not hurt birds but drive squirrels away. There is also a commercial bird seed with it in it already, so I read!
I do not have any squirrels where I live so do not have that problem. Right now I have a bunny who loves to come around five p.m. to eat grass...He's or she is so cute I don't care if my grass gets eaten.
I love watching squirrels and their crazy antics. All little creatures of the wild are just trying to survive and we tempt them with the most amazing smorgasbord in our gardens. :) Have a great weekend. Tammy
What are those pretty blue flowers? We have a rabbit family who eats our hosta plants. Oh well.
Squirrels annoy me. Lovely flowers you have. Love the chicken wire idea.
The flowers are looking lovely. I don't have an issue with squirrels perhaps because I don't live at ground level. One squirrel used to visit every year but since I stopped growing corn, he stopped visiting.
So smart and now you have some pretty flowers!
Wait til they get in your attic - lol!
You can use Vaseline and they sell squirrel proof bird feeders by Yankee - I'll send it to you.
Happy Mother's Day my dear sweet lady.. with love Janice
Hello from Spain: I see squirrels destroy your garden. A pity. In my house I have no squirrels.We keep in touch
Oh, those mischievous squirrels in your front yard, Susan. So sorry they have messed up your flowers and all. I don't have squirrels yet around my neck of the woods because it's a new neighborhood. I do see them at the park sometimes just pop their heads out of the dirt hole, and they startle me. :~)
~Sheri
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