Re: meanest squirrel on earth

>Keith, Beth, Marty, all..
>
>Thanks for your suggestions AND the moral support.  It surprises me, but I
>really am stressed out over the damage.  And I'm pretty darn sure it is
>squirrels ... although I haven't seen them tooth to vine, I have watched
>them chew away at more mature pumpkins.  Friends who grow in this area
>also recognize the damage.
>
>Time to put your advice to use.  I'll smear the trap with peanut butter and
>put up a fence with ribbons.  I'm already carrying  throwing rocks in my
>pocket, and will buy a sling shot.  I had  good aim as a child.  The
>diversion strategy isn't working tho since a neighbor is trying it for me -
>she feeds peanuts to the little darlings and I am constantly digging them
>up in the yard.   Perhaps they find my vines while looking for a place to
>bury their bounty.
>
>One word about traps .. Bob McLaren (not on this list) grows his Atlantic
>Giants nearby, and gave up on the trapping method after capturing 45
>squirrels in 3 weeks.  I live in a sea of them, it seems.
>
>Hmm... I could try setting up my misting system to run periodically from
>daybreak to sunset.  It may act like a scarecrow since the squirrels *seem*
>to avoid it.
>
>Here's a high tech thought... anyone know if squirrels avoid ultrasonics?
>Aren't  products of that sort used against gophers?
>
>
>        Dan Shapiro
>
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Dan,

Heres what I have done to keep beasts out of the strawberries.....Bought a
plug in horse shock fence put two to three wires 3,6,9 inches from the
ground ....on stakes....surround the patch..its best if you could barrow
one as it only takes a couple of weeks to detere varmits......costs around
80.00....good luck brock


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