Re: varmints
perennials@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: varmints
  • From: C* I* <c*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:37:58 -0400
Sounds like chipmunks to me. Or red squirrels. 
Attract some hawks to your yard. They've doing a great job for me.

Cheryl

On Jul 13, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Kitty wrote:

> I've always had indoor-outdoor cats until now and attributed the lack of 
> garden destruction to them.
> Now I have indoor cats that I worry about letting out for fear they 
> mightn't come back, get lost.
> 
> Recently something has been tearing up my nursery pots.  Digging holes and 
> sometimes completely removing the plants. This morning I found an entire 
> corner, about 3 sq feet, of a new bed all torn up.  And I noticed mud in 
> the water dish I leave for a stray cat that sometimes comes by.  That last 
> item I know could be raccoons.  But raccoons have never gotten into pots or 
> tore up beds.  I once had a skunk tear up some new plantings looking for 
> grubs but he moved on after only one night.  Whatever this is it is 
> returning each night for more destruction.
> 
> Any ideas?  What can I do that won't cost me an arm & a leg?
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5 
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