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Gardening

Rebl2

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21. We have a baby

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Aug 7, 2022, 12:40 PM

Aug 2022

ground hog that has been coming up on our deck eating our moss rose that is in a flower pot. That’s the only thing he eats. I think there must be a lot of water content to those flowers and that’s why it’s eating it. I wish it wouldn’t, but it’s been so hot I am okay with it. We do have a container on the ground with water, but I never see him go to it.

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I'm gonna have to take a few squirrels for "a trip to a friend's farm in the country" where .... [View all] Botany Aug 2022 OP

Ummm, squirrel stew . . . AndyS Aug 2022 #1

That is so offensive Ferrets are Cool Aug 2022 #18

A pair of Red Tailed Hawks decimated my squirrel population about a month ago. Chainfire Aug 2022 #19

my dad was in the military. one year we were low on money. My dad borrowed a demigoddess Aug 2022 #25

I have never had squirrels go after my tomatoes! Siwsan Aug 2022 #2

If you are not seeing damage .... whole fruits taken down or sides of the fruits chewed off .... Botany Aug 2022 #4

I grew tomatoes for years with squirrels & never had a problem. CrispyQ Aug 2022 #5

Same thing Rebl2 Aug 2022 #28

My parents Rebl2 Aug 2022 #20

Empty your litterboxes around your tomatoes Bayard Aug 2022 #3

We have quite a few squirrels around the house but with heat I have not seen them for a while mitch96 Aug 2022 #6

Can't stand the little assholes. Kept getting in our attic.h we can do it Aug 2022 #7

Squirrels can be amazingly destructive. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #8

that happened to me a couple times. mopinko Aug 2022 #12

srsly? you dont know any better than this? mopinko Aug 2022 #9

I have plenty of water sources around .... a shallow dish with gravel and water for butterflies, ... Botany Aug 2022 #14

I suppose this is better than the squirrels buying the farm. Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #10

Just do this! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #11

We had a dog that would eat tomatoes from the bush. gab13by13 Aug 2022 #13

OH MY GOD! Is THAT what happened to my childhood pet rabbit! Scrivener7 Aug 2022 #15

I surrender to these critters, more of them than me. peacebuzzard Aug 2022 #16

Sprinkle cayenne or other really hot pepper in your birdseed. The squirrels will abandon it quickly. Pobeka Aug 2022 #22

I have bought that before, I also have raccoon raiders ... peacebuzzard Aug 2022 #26

Same problem here. MoonchildCA Aug 2022 #17

We have a baby Rebl2 Aug 2022 #21

Trust me on this your "little baby ground hog" will become a big ground hog and it will be a problem Botany Aug 2022 #23

The only Rebl2 Aug 2022 #24

My squirrels DLCWIdem Aug 2022 #27