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Squirrels opened bags of compost

daniel123daniel123 Posts: 67
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Hi,

I had some.squirrels open all my sealed bags of compost which I had bought from the garden center

Is this usual?

I have had a squirrel problem before but this has been mitigated by growing things indoors 


Anything I can do ?
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Have you got anywhere you can store it that they can't access?
    I appreciate you've probably thought of that!
    Even a cupboard on your house?
    I haven't heard of that though - are you sure it's squirrels?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • daniel123daniel123 Posts: 67
    I have not seen them. But known to have squirrels regularly and foxes ocassionaly but the size of the hole is about 6cm. There was 6 bags and at least one hole in each one
  • daniel123daniel123 Posts: 67
    Yes I have greenhouse I can put them in
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That sounds more like a foxly thing to do.😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • daniel123daniel123 Posts: 67
    Ok anything I can do in the future apart from just put the bags in the greenhouse and get rid of the foxes although I have not seen any in the last couple of weeks.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I agree with @B3, I have foxes and a squirrel and find the fox is more likely to shred bags (had a good footle in my bag of manure!) and the squirrel just digs mostly in pots.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • daniel123daniel123 Posts: 67
    Ok anything I can do in the future apart from just put the bags in the greenhouse and get rid of the foxes although I have not seen any in the last couple of weeks.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    My brother gave me three really large plastic trugs with lids and as long as I remember to put a couple of bricks on the top it seems to work.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you got any holly? Poke some twigs around and into the bags, that shouls deter them.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree @daniel123- it's more likely to be foxes. 
    If you can put them in your greenhouse, that should  work perfectly.  The foxy fellow should find it tricky to get in - unless you leave the door open!:)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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