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Gardening

onethatcares

(16,897 posts) Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:21 AM Feb 2022

grey squirrels [View all]

dig the heck out of my new plantings (vegetables) and I don't want to hurt them and am wondering if anyone has had luck with mint oil or garlic oil on cotton balls placed in short sections of pvc pipe to keep them out of the garden.

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grey squirrels [View all] onethatcares Feb 2022 OP

A red tailed hawk .... mbusby Feb 2022 #1

almost nothing works on squirels or deer Kali Feb 2022 #2

Liquid Fence was recommended to me by a friend. steventh Feb 2022 #3

Just discovered that there's also All-Purpose Animal Repellent steventh Feb 2022 #4

thank you. onethatcares Feb 2022 #5

You're welcome. I hope it works for you. steventh Feb 2022 #6

I've also thought about onethatcares Feb 2022 #7