Squirrel vandalism again!
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Comments (4)>Other digging animals include skunks, squirrels, and possums. If you catch a skunk, you'll have to let it die in the trap.And we have all three of them around here. I don't think it's squirrels, as this happened overnight. As dismayed as I am, I don't think I want to resort to such drastic measures as trapping the animals and relocating them, or worse, killing them. We live on the edge of a greenbelt and my personal opinion is they were here first. Situations like this are to be expected, I guess. I was just hoping there was some kind of effective deterrent (like coyote urine???) that I could spread on the lawn to inspire the critters to find more hospitable feeding grounds....See Moresquirrels (?) and tomatoes, AGAIN
Comments (1)Are you sure that it's not birds? Many haven't the kind of sensory system that is bothered by repellents, and I can assure you that hot pepper doesn't phase them one bit. I'd be veeerrrryyy suspicious of birds. If cats and rabbits are seen in the garden, I'd avoid traps. That wouldn't be pretty....See MoreHELP Garden Vandal is at it again
Comments (24)Penny I feel your pain! I found over the years that soft packaged mulch was how they were hiding/moving about/eating the bottoms out of my Hostas over the winter months. I took away all mulch against my house and used hard, larger pieces of pine mulch I got from Clarence Center (but Town no longer providing this mulch). They can't bury themselves in this. I also moved the pine needles from under my/my neibhbor's 4 pine trees to the back of our 200'W x100'D property where my neighbor and I share tall boxes (TV cable boxes, telephone, and one other-Electric?). Around these, together we planted ditch lillies and pine mulch to prevent weeds....here is where they have moved to and I seem to no longer have a problem! Neither one of us cares if the voles eat the lillies--have at it. They have a continuous supply of lillies and I know they can't kill those guys! This has been 2 years now and I maybe see 1-2 a summer. However, my other neighbor still has the problem with them, BUT ALSO buys and uses bagged mulch. Best of luck. Ginny B....See MoreSquirrel, need a big favour - vanity area AGAIN
Comments (7)Thought we tried those : / Don't base your decision on an artist rendering alone. These aren't to scale. Maybe your fixture is 24" ? I narrowed the mirror to the fixture width. I think another problem was the wide space between the mirrors. Try placing some paper mockups on the wall, in the size you prefer, with a dark frame painted or papered on too....See Moremr1010
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