So, yes, they are cute and fuzzy as they hop around your yard, but when the entire squirrel tribes from a square mile decide to feast at the local "buffet" of your garden, they aren't so cute anymore! This year these little tomato sucking, corn picking varmints have about made me crazy.
They took off my very first Cherokee Purple tomato that was destined to be ripe in a couple of days. They've taken both ripe and green tomatoes and left the remnants in the yard to taunt me. They've climbed right up the few stalks of corn that we planted in our raised bed garden, peeled the husk back and sat right there and ate their little bellies full.
I tried my brother-in-law's remedy of using peppermint essential oil sprays, old CD's on fishing line (makes for some interesting flashes of light in full sun), coffee grounds sprinkled around (I think this might come the closest to working) and rubber snakes; all to no avail. They just keep coming back for more.
Tired of being scorned and laughed at for all my efforts to keep them away, I stopped in the little surplus store that I'd noticed sold small live-trap cages and using the freshly eaten corn cob and a couple dabs of peanut butter, I baited up.
Though they may be smart about finding food, they surely aren't smart about not getting caught! The guy at the store readily admitted that he'd sold a bunch of these traps but didn't know if they really worked.
Well let me tell you Bob, they surely work.
Chris: 3 - Squirrels: 0
So now we have a new game at our house, the Squirrel Relocation Program. When caught, they have a new home at the local park.
Game on!
Chris
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