Squirrel Hoovering the Bird Feeder
Removed the bird feeder from the courtyard thinking that removing the food supply, well except for the garden plants, the squirrel would leave the area. Didn’t work. The squirrel wants to live under the house.
The squirrel removed poultry netting that was to act as a deterrent.
Yesterday, I again removed the bromeliads and ferns and potted them up. The squirrel has been digging them up to access “his” space under the house.
I placed a layer of rolled poultry netting in all areas previous dug up by the squirrel. Then I applied a layer of poultry netting over the entire space and covered with soil.
This morning, I inserted poultry netting into the hole, added red pepper flakes, replaced the oriningal poultry netting, and covered the lot with soil.
In the past I tried using dog fur (courtesy of our nephew’s dog) that supposedly was a deterrent. Didn’t work. The squirrel removed it and continue to dig.
Now I wait. Gardening is a lot of waiting.
The arrow is pointing at a start of an Oak Leaf Hydrangea. It should fill in the space nicely.
The Oak Leaf Hydrangea start was taken from a plant, that was a start taken from this plant..
Spending all my time working on the rock/succulent garden leaves little time for cleaning and maintaining other garden areas.
Plan to start placing the rock in the rock/succulent garden today.