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This tip is usually extreme for deterring squirrels from your garden but is an effective way to help keep all animals out. 10222020 Add a Fencing Barrier to your Plants Surrounding your young plants with a fence or a collar is a good way to steer away from the rabbits.
Dogs hate squirrels and squirrels hate dogs.
How to keep squirrels from garden. You dont have to give up on feeding the birds but switching to less palatable feed like safflower seed or seed treated with cayenne pepper can deter hungry squirrels. Keeping the garden clean can also discourage squirrels from gathering. After the harvest is over remove any dropped fruits or vegetables from the ground.
This tip is usually extreme for deterring squirrels from your garden but is an effective way to help keep all animals out. If you have consistent problems with squirrels and animals destroying your garden then I recommend installing an electric fence. Eletric fences work like squirrel repellent stations but are more effective.
Wire fencing can be an effective way to block pests. Be sure to bury the wire to keep out those persistent diggers and consider electric fencing as extra deterrent. Using raised garden beds can make it easier to block critters with fencing under and above the bed.
To keep squirrels from plants or beds install a cage or cover. Hardware cloth plastic bird netting chicken wire and summer weight row covers all provide effective protection. To guard an individual plant create a cage using hardware cloth or chicken wire topped with plastic bird netting.
Use clothespins to hold netting in place. 312021 Garden netting is a great way to prevent squirrels from your eating your vegetables fruits and garden plants. You can wrap this around smaller trees just before the fruits are ripe.
We also have wrapped this around our smaller garden bed plants like our tomatoes and strawberries. To keep squirrels from getting under your house or in the garden use 1-by-1-inch mesh wire or chicken wire to deter squirrels from finding their way under your deck and into your garden. For keeping chipmunks out of your garden and house make sure you bury the fence at least a foot underground to keep them from being able to dig under it.
952020 Bend the strands and secure them with the pliers to the squares in the hardware cloth so the newly formed fence will stay in the form of a circle. 10222020 Add a Fencing Barrier to your Plants Surrounding your young plants with a fence or a collar is a good way to steer away from the rabbits. While at it ensure that the fence is over 2-3 feet above the ground and should equally be buried approximately 6 inches to prevent the squirrels from burrowing into your garden.
Use Physical Barriers to Keep Squirrels Away As a last resort you might want to use physical barriers to keep squirrels out of your favorite plants. This might also be a good first step until the other strategies begin to work. Cover plants with wire mesh wire baskets or other deterrents to keep the squirrel from accessing the plant.
10162020 Keep Squirrels Out of Your Garden with Dog Hairs. The best prevention to keep squirrels out of your garden is absolutely free as long as you are a dog lover. Dogs hate squirrels and squirrels hate dogs.
So if you have a big dog Labrador retrievers or the great Pyrenees save all the hair when you brush him and use them to mulch your garden. 5222020 Get strategic with your gardening. You can also plant bulbs these rodents dont like such as daffodils and fritillaria throughout the garden.
Use a squirrel feeder to feed them their own sunflower seeds peanuts and feed corn. Some gardeners go so far as to plant extra tomatoes to keep them satisfied and away from theirs. You may want to include some of the other squirrel deterrent methods above around bird feeders and garden beds just in case.
Give them a drink. 3202019 You could easily use either red pepper flakes or Tabasco sauce to keep the squirrels away from digging in your garden. The most popular method of distributing these spices around your plants would be if you mixed them with water in a spray bottle and then sprayed it.