[Dailydrool] Squirrels

[Esther Strom]

I don't know about coyote urine, but a friend gave me a recipe a few years back 
that's kept the squirrels away from our veggies most of the time. Mix up some 
dish soap and hot sauce in a squirt bottle, then add enough water to thin out 
the soap so you can spray it. Spray the veggies every few days. The soap helps 
the hot sauce cling to the surface of the veggies, and the animals don't want to 
taste it. Obviously you'll need to rinse the veggies thoroughly when you harvest 
them!

You could also try one of these ready-made products (note that I haven't used 
any, but they are listed as being 
pepper-based) http://www.havahart.com/store/animal-repellents/squirrel

Another thing you can do that doesn't involve any spraying or maintenance is to 
build a chicken wire cover for the bed. Obviously if you have long rows or a 
huge garden this isn't quite as easy, but for a raised bed it works pretty well. 
Just build a standard wooden box frame that is the same size around as the 
footprint of your bed, and tall enough to allow the plants to grow. Staple 
chicken wire to all sides. Place over the plants. The wire allows you to water 
through it, and also provides secondary support for vining plants. 

Good luck!

Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB



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Squirrels here are attacking our tomatoes.  We actually have a couple that are 
ripening.  They have what appear to be bites all over them.  I don't like the 
little critters.  I wish the girls cared but they don't.  Bunnies they care 
about.  Birds get Maggie going.  Squirrels stay out of the back mostly and these 
tomatoes are on the side of the house.  No doggies out there.  I read that 
coyote pee is a deterrant.  Now all we have to do is find a coyote and make it 
pee.  I wonder if basset pee would work.  We have lots of that around here.  

 
Drool and snooters to all.  Ninja, Marley, Maggie and Shelby with the nosy 
bookend kitty boysand the mom
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