Comments on: I must be doing something right…

By: GWEN

GWEN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:58:04 +0000

We have squirrels all year long and I have a wonderful flower garden …..we have a huge fence around the property and we have attached wooden feeders every so feet along the fence and keep it stocked every day with black oil seed. We also have a raccoon that comes in the evening. Never have the squirrels or raccoon destroyed any plant in the yard because they are well fed on the oil seed. We feel that approx $20.00 a month to keep our little friends fed is very inexpensive compared to replacing plants every year.

By: CeeVee

CeeVee — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:51:33 +0000

Funny you should mention chicken wire. Every year I get a funny look from the Home Depot cashiers for the amount of chicken wire I buy. It works like a charm!

By: Ames Tiedeman

Ames Tiedeman — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:21:23 +0000

Thanks for the information!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:57:18 +0000

Discovered your blog today. I live in Stellenbosch in South Africa, which is in the Western Cape. I don’t have nearly as many creatures as you have, but definitely squirrels are a pest (eating peca nuts and acorns) and many kinds of birds. We have a Mediterranean climate, therefore no snow, but hot summers and cold, wet winters. My blog is mostly written in Afrikaans, but there are some pictures of my garden. I am also a great believer in mulch or compost for all areas of my garden. We are very close to the mountains, where there are more wildlife, such as small buck (klipspringer or duiker, rabbits, mongooses, snakes, porcupines and many baboons). Fortunately they don’t venture into town. Sometimes we do find tortoises, but take them back to the veld

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:58:06 +0000

And now we got a chubby groundhog as well.