Subject: Re: Deterring Squirrels? From: hedra@magma.ca (Sandra P. Hoffman) Organization: Magma Communications Ltd. Date: Thu, 30 Aug 01 16:34:37 Message-ID: <MOD$010830.2696@rec.gardens.ecosystems> References: <MOD$010829.2276@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
On Thu, 30 Aug 01 14:57:56, nicole wrote:
> >Hi, >i have some gorgeous sunflowers that haven't set seed yet in front of my >house. according to my neighbors, the squirrels keep knocking the flowers >over, pulling off the heads and scattering them in all directions. > >do you have any advice for frightening them off, permanantly? or even semi >permanantly? i'd like the new buds to have the chance to bloom... :(
I make frequent random trips around my house and garden. When I don't
have time for a full tour, I go out the front and back door and clap
my hands several times. When I see a squirrel anywhere in the yard, I
tear out of the house banging the door, yelling and clapping my hands.
The squirrels usually run up a tree where they look down at me and I
continue to harangue them for several minutes on how they are not
allowed in my yard.
I now have several secondary blossoms in my sunflowers in bloom and
have lost only 3 squash, 1 pumpkin, 1 zucchini and three melons to the
squirrels. They have gone from treating the yard as their own, to
creeping onto the property slowly and carefully and racing off again
at the slightest provocation.
This method seems to be working for rabbits and crows as well, but is
useless against slugs.
sph
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