How do i keep those pesky squirrels out of my garden!!!!!?

Question

This is my first year growing a garden. I have big beautiful squash plants that are ready to be growing but no squash! My friend at work already has squash 2 inches long. I went out yesterday and it looks like where the squash would be growing, (where my yellow bloom was) has been picked. And its in a few places in my squash. Looks like its been picked. I have squirrels galore around my house and i think its them. My strawberries?? This is the second year i had them and not one strawberry. Plenty of blooms, but no strawberries. Im furious. I heard you can plant merigolds around to keep the bugs away, but will they keep squirrels away? PLEASE HELP ME......

Answer 1

Marigolds will help bugs, but not squirrells.

Try either:

1) A dog

or

2) Put out a feeder for the squirrels, make it easier for them to get stuff to eat out of the feeder than out of the garden. They might still rob a few things, but this should slow them down.

or

3) BB gun.

Answer 2

1. Birds eat strawberries. (I keep a wild strawberry patch at one end of my property for my robins.) Or your strawberries may need fertilizer, or sometimes they just don't produce their first year.
2. Another poster is right--feed the squirrels. I put a squirrel feeder on a post at the FAR end of my property and keep it filled with black-oil sunflower seeds. I have never had a squirrel venture into my yard since then.
3. Regarding your squash bloom question: go to this website and read #5. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/vegetables/squash.html. This may be what's happening.

Answer 3

Those little critters will tear up a garden, I know been there done that. Place wire fencing around the plants, I have tried nearly everything to keep them out of the garden, I had raised beds so it was easy for me to place the fencing over the top of the raised beds and the and secure it down, use fencing with very small holes like a chicken fencing or something again with small holes in it, good luck.

Answer 4

i usualy spray the squirrel with a water gun but that will only keep it away for the rest of the day. i you realy want to get rid of it put out a trap or call the animal people or watever there called.

Answer 5

go away out one or 2 ultrasonic Animal Away Plus gadgets. The noise (human beings can no longer hear) and the flashing LEDs that come on whilst the action sensor is activated scares squirrels away.

Answer 6

I've heard that if you spread around human hair...I know this sounds gross but they say it keeps critters away. You can get some CLEAN hair from a beauty shop, they usually have it in their vaccuum cleaners, so you can just emty it in to a bag.

Answer 7

Place a pinwheel at each end of your garden and close to the plants you want to rid of squirels it rids rabbits and other pest too

Answer 8

pinwheels and a fake owl.