Prevent Squirrels and Rats from Climbing Up Fruit TreesAre squirrels or rats bothering your garden especially your fruit trees? Try this free solution out. It has been working for us!
Prevent Squirrels Digging in Flower GardenSquirrels love to hide their food. In the process of doing this, they tend to bury the food in soft dirt which is usually a newly planted garden.
Peppers as Squirrel DeterrentMy successful loco pepper experiment, began with a blender jar half filled with loco peppers topped off with water, and well blended = pepper slurry.
Glue Bait Down to Catch ChipmunksThey will steal the food in the traps. I had success by using a hot glue gun to glue sunflower seeds to the cage or mousetrap. We have caught over 50 chipmunks in the past 2 months. It works great in the live cages.
No Luck with Moth BallsDon't bother with the tip about scattering moth balls. I did this and next morning, they were all GONE. The squirrels must have loved them.
Capture Chipmunks With Panty HoseChipmunks! I saw one run into the black drainage tube that's attached to the downspout on the side of my house. After it ran up the spout, I took a pair of panty hose, pulled a leg over each end, not real easy, but it worked.
A Squirrely Situation: Keeping Squirrels OutWe weren't aware of the tenacity of squirrels when they are trying to get into your home looking for food until we bought a cottage on a lake.
Add Red Pepper To Your Bird Seed To Deter SquirrelsAs an avid birdwatcher, I do not enjoy watching the abundant squirrels devour all my bird feed. Not many birds came even though I refilled the birdhouse countless times. Thankfully I once heard that squirrels HATE red pepper.
