<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>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) <a href="http://www.havahart.com/store/animal-repellents/squirrel">http://www.havahart.com/store/animal-repellents/squirrel</a></div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"></font><b><br></b><div>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. </div>
<div> </div><div>Drool and snooters to all. Ninja, Marley, Maggie and Shelby with the nosy bookend kitty boysand the mom</div>
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