We live in zone 6a and I have been gardening and cooking for years. This blog is an opportunity for me to share with you my success and those failures that come about on occasion. Plus, I want to hear from all the gardeners and bakers and cooks out there and learn from you. Feel free to share your ideas.







Sunday, June 24, 2012

Squirrels

If anyone has a sure fire way to keep squirrels out of the tomato beds I would love to know your solutions.I had one Black Krim ripening, and this morning I found it on the ground next to the plant. Although I had heavy plastic fencing around my tomatoes to keep the deer out, it did nothing for the squirrels. I now have plastic fencing on top of the entire bed and the bottom portion of the fencing is weighed down by bricks around the perimeter.
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  1. Jenny RottingerJune 24, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    I have the same problem - chipmunks, squirels, deer, groundhogs and now racoons all LOVE my tomatoes. I just figured out of 60+ plants I'd better get something edible myself :)

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  2. LyndaJune 24, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    I shoot them! Seriously...lost lots of plants/veggies/fruits to ground squirrels the first year I started gardening. I ended up using them for target practice...and now I'm a very good shot. Hope I don't offend anyone, but it was only after I tried dozens of ways to get rid of the buggers and lost pounds of food.

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  3. RobinJune 24, 2012 at 5:17 PM

    I absolutely hate squirrels!!! If you can't shoot them, trap them. I trapped a couple dozen two years ago and all was well for an entire gardening season. Then a new group moved in.

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  4. Tomato ThymesJune 24, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Well I cannot shoot them because of the residential area we live in. Has anyone tried repels all, which is a spray?

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  5. KrisJune 24, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    I agree with others, shoot them and/or trap them. I do both successfully. I use a spring loaded pellet gun, they are very quiet and your neighbors won't know. If you don't want to go that route, buy a havahart trap from Home Depot. Get the big one that is made for racoons, they cost about $50 bucks.

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