You all know that squirrels have been the bane of my gardening life. A week ago I came back from my parents' house to discover that squirrels had been digging in my pots and chucked out all the moss I'd put down on the moist plants.
Clearly this is prime burying-nuts time, so I must get spraying. The spray won't deter the worst of them though, so I'm looking for more tips.
Sadly I suspect it would be frowned on for me to make "squirlie stew", and I certainly think Bubba and friends could gang up on me. So I thought I'd try a more humane deterrent.
I now have a sonic rat and mouse repeller. It says it won't harm non-rodent wildlife, so the birdies should be fine (I'd assume rabbits, moles and hedgehogs would be okay too). The little field mouse we had won't be too thrilled, but it will find other places to hide, I'm sure.
The repeller is sitting in my growhouse flashing away. I'm hoping it'll keep the squirrels just far enough away from my garden to carry on with their lives but without wanting to come and bury their nuts in my pots.
Clearly this is prime burying-nuts time, so I must get spraying. The spray won't deter the worst of them though, so I'm looking for more tips.
Sadly I suspect it would be frowned on for me to make "squirlie stew", and I certainly think Bubba and friends could gang up on me. So I thought I'd try a more humane deterrent.
I now have a sonic rat and mouse repeller. It says it won't harm non-rodent wildlife, so the birdies should be fine (I'd assume rabbits, moles and hedgehogs would be okay too). The little field mouse we had won't be too thrilled, but it will find other places to hide, I'm sure.
The repeller is sitting in my growhouse flashing away. I'm hoping it'll keep the squirrels just far enough away from my garden to carry on with their lives but without wanting to come and bury their nuts in my pots.
I've never heard of one of these sonic rat repellers before, sounds like quite an interesting mechanism. Did it work out in the end?
ReplyDeleteNot really, to be honest! The battery doesn't last too long - maybe 3 months tops, and it doesn't totally stop them.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the neighbour's acquisition of a large white cat called Marshmallow has been a more effective squirrel deterrent!