Squirrel has been paying you a visit and that it might be time to take action to control him. Look for shallow digging and holes around plants, small bites on vegetables (particularly tomatoes), seed heads that hat been nibbled, whole plants that have disappeared (!) and digging evidence in your plant containers. I made some squirrel repellents but was never happy with the idea that they contained moth balls, which are quite toxic, so I discontinued the use of them and started looking into other natural squirrel deterrent ideas.Įven if you never see squirrels in your yard, there are lots of signs that they have been visiting your garden.
I am an organic gardener by nature, but when my 1000 foot vegetable garden was destroyed by squirrels two years ago, I was prepared to try anything and everything to get rid of them. Squirrels are a constant source of frustration for any vegetable gardener and I, for one, am always looking for new, and natural, ways for keeping squirrels out of my garden. Problems caused by squirrels in the gardenĪnimal lovers are charmed by the acrobatic maneuvers of squirrels and find them delightful.īut when a gardener walks out into their vegetable garden to find their corn in a mess and their tomatoes scattered over the ground with exactly one bite out of each, they are anything BUT charmed. I was at my wit’s end trying to keep them out of my home grown vegetables. Suffice to say, it was a nightmare all around.
If you read my blog often, you may remember reading about the squirrels in my vegetable garden a few years ago. Do you have a problem with squirrels? If so, these natural squirrel repellent ideas may prove useful to you.ĭealing with squirrels has been an ongoing problem for me in one way or another for several years.
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