Squirrel Pictures
I took the picture below at my parent's lake-house. There are a lot of squirrels there and they drive my parents crazy. They are always digging holes in flower beds and a lot of times digging up the flowers themselves. I have a lot of squirrels at my house too, but for some reason haven't really had a problem with them in terms of my garden (knock on wood). Although, I do believe there a couple of large holes in the ground courtesy of these small visitors.
I thought it was kind of cute how he/she had the two peanuts lined up like that in his/her mouth.
Yesterday I saw something even cuter. A squirrel with a peanut kabob! I came across it on Apartment Therapy. The article that the picture was posted in is, Squirrel and Neighbor Dilemma.
Squirrel Repellents
I found a few ideas online of how to keep squirrels from ruining your garden.
- Add a squirrel feeder to one corner of your yard. -- I suppose this will keep them from eating your vegetables and digging up flowers but I'd be afraid it would attract even more squirrels.
- Cayanne pepper. Sprinkle it on plants, bulbs or other areas you are trying to keep the squirrels away from. -- I'm not sure how often you'd have to do this, but it sounds like you'd have to keep doing it too frequently to be worthwhile.
- Commercial squirrel repellents. -- I am not sure how affective these are, but my guess is they may not be worth the money.
Unfortunately I'm not sure there's really much you can do if you've got a problem with squirrels in your garden. Please leave a comment if you've had a problem and successfully dealt with it! I'd love to know.
OMG, how neat is that kabob?! Of course, I wouldn't be doing anything like that to attract squirrels. I can't keep them away from our bird feeder. I'd like to sprinkle something like cayenne pepper, but we still want to attract the birds. Stupid squirrels!
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Kathy, i think i may try this just once this weekend to see what happens. It is too cute. I hope it will be ok as long as i dont make a habit of it!
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