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How to keep critters out of the garden?

mr.jones

mr.jones

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There are a lot of burrowing critters in my area mainly moles and ground squirrels. I am going to use wire hardware cloth to keep them from getting at the plants from underground and am wondering do I need to have the entire perimeter of the garden critter proofed and sealed off or just the immediate area under the plants?
Thanks.
 
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I would do just under the plants and around the bottoms (doubled) of them, but then we have a small garden.

I suppose it depends whether you want the "restricted area" result or the "Stallag" full cleansing route. You could maybe bait them to go to one area after doing some protection. I don't like doing away with anything except rats. Guess I am soft though.
 
Dried blood fertilizer repels squirrels. As it is mainly ground up cow from meat processing plants, it gives your garden the scent of killing field. Scares the hell out of them, especially after a rain.
 
I have never tried the hardware cloth barrier so wasn't sure of my strategy. The dried blood fertilizer idea sounds good...I have heard of people using human hair from a barber shop too.
 
mr.jones said:
I have never tried the hardware cloth barrier so wasn't sure of my strategy. The dried blood fertilizer idea sounds good...I have heard of people using human hair from a barber shop too.
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Available at fine hardware stores and garden centers everywhere.

Don't spread it on thick unless you like flies. Just sprinkle it and wet it. Scares the bejesus out of them and helps the plants.:thmbsp:


Edit: I also use a fake owl around my citrus and fig trees. It scares the birds and squirrels away. You just have to move it every few days so they continue to think that it is real
 
My wife grows catnip in low-hanging baskets around the tomatoes and other food.
The cats would roll around and crush it if its planted in the ground, but in baskets,
the cats will stand up on their hind legs and grab a mouthful and hang out dazed around the tomatoes.
So the field mice and squirrels and birds stay away from the tomatoes.

We are nearly DC and she planted it a few years ago in the baskets -
and it comes back on its own for the last 3 years ...
 
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