There is nothing quite as vexing as stepping into your vegetable patch to pick some ripened goodies, only to find that squirrels have beaten you to the buffet. Whilst I love the idea of embracing all wildlife in my garden, and like to think I have a live-and-let-live approach to my outdoor spaces, there is nothing quite so gut-wrenchingly disappointing as losing plants you have nurtured for months to a peckish squirrel. This poses the question, is there a method for protecting your plants and crops without harming wildlife, but that actually works?If you're tearing your hair out, wondering how to get rid of squirrels and stop them from looting your beloved crops, then there is a fun but wildly successful method worth trying.
Using 'fake' predators, such as plastic snakes or decoy owls, for example, seems to spook and intimidate squirrels so much, they will give your kitchen garden a wide berth.Here's everything you need to know about how to deter squirrels with fake predators, and how one kitchen garden expert with years of experience in vegetable gardening has finally defeated the squirrels with this peculiar but nifty hack.A post shared by Nicole Johnsey Burke (@gardenaryco)A photo posted by on There seems to always be many unusual tricks people swear by when it comes to fending off pilfering squirrels.
Though, it would appear that after trying pretty much every trick in the book, one highly experiences and well practiced kitchen gardener has finally hit the jackpot and fina.
