The squirrels get all the hazelnuts. And this year they've gone after the sunflowers. We normally consider it detente because they have left my veggies alone. But this? This is a declaration of war. 🌱
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Who you gonna call?
aug 15, 2025, 12:41 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 15, 2025, 12:45 am • 1 0 • view
Our got the majority of the strawberries 😡. Because we don’t grow veggies for them to raid, they’ve moved on to ferrying green spruce cones from the driveway to their cache in their nest in the logpile, so the majority of the cones are picked up for me. Win some, lose some.🤷♀️
aug 14, 2025, 9:28 pm • 1 0 • view
looks like raccoon damage to me
aug 14, 2025, 5:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Possible. We debated that. We've got no other signs despite loads of fruit on the trees / ground and lots of other goodies. It looks like the chew they've done on sunflower heads, and they tend to dig in the chips - we found a couple of those nearby. So we are leaning towards the the squirrels.
aug 14, 2025, 5:10 pm • 1 0 • view
I should add we know there is a squirrel nest up in our ~50' tall spruce.
aug 14, 2025, 5:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Chipmunks got our corn, when we grew it. We knew it wasn't raccoons when the ears remained on the upright stalks. And when I caught the little rotters in the act! Had some luck draping with bird-netting, but not a lot.
aug 14, 2025, 5:40 pm • 1 0 • view
We have some bird netting that worked well for the blueberries. Also have some chicken wire. we'll see what we can cobble together!
aug 14, 2025, 5:49 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m also at war with squirrels and chipmunks! 🐿️ they refuse to let anything grow on my back patio. So, I planted hellebores. Somehow, they’ve managed to diminish 3/4 of my plants. They also ravage, pillage, plunder my bird feeders. They are my garden nemesis!
aug 14, 2025, 5:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Squirrels were eating my cherry tomatoes. I read on Google to put coffee grounds in my planters. It seems to have worked.
aug 14, 2025, 5:23 pm • 2 0 • view
I did that too and haven’t seen a squirrel around! I spread abt 20 lbs used grounds (courtesy Starbucks) and nary a squirrel now. But I DID see one chipmunk.
aug 14, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
they used to devastate our fruit trees in texas - almost never got any fruit. But here they seem to leave a lot for us - except the hazelnuts which they defenestrate with abandon.
aug 14, 2025, 5:51 pm • 1 0 • view
We're lucky our apples are so huge there is plenty for both of us 🤣🤣🤣
aug 14, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Time for some grilled squirrel bits.
aug 15, 2025, 1:24 am • 0 0 • view
🤣🤣🤣
aug 15, 2025, 2:14 am • 0 0 • view