^^ How did you do that Hosta? Did you consider snacking on them? We used to have loads in our previous house, but moving 3 miles down the road we barely get any. We had one return recently (surprisingly at the same time I placed some bird feeders in the garden). I 'scared' it off by launching grapes in it's general direction and it hasn't returned.
So what's the point of that Hosta? You'll just get more in their place, unless you're going to wage a one person war on squirrels? I couldn't ever kill anything that's warm blooded, but I do hope you're doing that humanely, it's illegal to cause suffering to animals, including squirrels!
Would it be helpful to keep pets that might deter squirrels? I was thinking of cats or jack russell terriers which would encourage the squirrels to find a safer place to feed.
I have squirrels in my garden regularly, they drink a lot from a half barrel water feature that I have, I never see them eat or damage my plants. The only problem I have is that someone locally feeds them peanuts in shells and they like to bury them in the garden. This week I have pulled up about half a dozen little plants that have grown from the peanuts.
They cause less damage in my garden than the birds do. I like watching them do a 'mission impossible' run round the garden.
I don't think anyone should hurt the poor little things, yes they can be pests but i don't condone killing them. Trap them and release in local woorland yes but not hurt them.
Yes someone at the end of my garden feeds the squirrels/pigeons peanuts each morning and they bring them to my garden to bury them!!! Perhaps if I put a bowl of peanuts out they would take them somewhere else and then eat their plants!!! there is no way I could harm them but I would rather they didn't eat my plants.
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^^ How did you do that Hosta? Did you consider snacking on them? We used to have loads in our previous house, but moving 3 miles down the road we barely get any. We had one return recently (surprisingly at the same time I placed some bird feeders in the garden). I 'scared' it off by launching grapes in it's general direction and it hasn't returned.
I do quite like them though...
So what's the point of that Hosta? You'll just get more in their place, unless you're going to wage a one person war on squirrels?
I couldn't ever kill anything that's warm blooded, but I do hope you're doing that humanely, it's illegal to cause suffering to animals, including squirrels!
Would it be helpful to keep pets that might deter squirrels? I was thinking of cats or jack russell terriers which would encourage the squirrels to find a safer place to feed.
I have squirrels in my garden regularly, they drink a lot from a half barrel water feature that I have, I never see them eat or damage my plants. The only problem I have is that someone locally feeds them peanuts in shells and they like to bury them in the garden. This week I have pulled up about half a dozen little plants that have grown from the peanuts.
They cause less damage in my garden than the birds do. I like watching them do a 'mission impossible' run round the garden.
I don't think anyone should hurt the poor little things, yes they can be pests but i don't condone killing them. Trap them and release in local woorland yes but not hurt them.
Yes someone at the end of my garden feeds the squirrels/pigeons peanuts each morning and they bring them to my garden to bury them!!! Perhaps if I put a bowl of peanuts out they would take them somewhere else and then eat their plants!!! there is no way I could harm them but I would rather they didn't eat my plants.
Not a good idea! http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/damage-by-grey-squirrels/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.