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Squirrel deterrents are necessary for your garden. Keeping them out of the garden is something every urban farmer faces. In our house, they\u2019re almost a curse word\u2013I\u2019ve begun referring to them as the “s-word\u201d to keep my blood pressure in check. These furry little devils constantly threaten my front-yard garden and are readily finding new ways to be a general nuisance from stealing fruits and vegetables to digging up containers and damaging my taller plantings with their attempted acrobatics.<\/p>\n

Gardeners just as readily devise new ways to deter squirrels: live trapping, getting a family dog, motion-activated sprinkler systems, hot pepper sprays. The only successful solution I\u2019ve found is using flexible plastic mesh as perimeter fencing around my in-ground crops.<\/p>\n

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The best type of mesh for squirrel deterrents is made of thin-plastic rather than a rigid plastic (only slightly heavier than traditional garden netting<\/strong>) with 1-inch openings. I found mine at a big-box hardware store and bought two 4-by-50-foot rolls. To create my fence, support the mesh by hooking it to a series of simple step-in plastic fence posts placed every 4 to 5 feet. Spade in the bottom of the mesh about 4 inches deep and then recover with earth.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: Other Ways to Keep Squirrels Away from Your Gardens<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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For whatever reason, the squirrels in my neighborhood don\u2019t like to climb this type of fencing. These are great squirrel deterrents, and I\u2019ve had relatively few incursions since I installed it. Only two or three squirrels in the last three or four growing seasons have found their way in, usually by digging under the fence rather than climbing. I stopped these bright digging squirrels by filling their excavations and placing a brick above their entrance on the outside of the fence.<\/p>\n

So if your garden crops<\/a><\/strong> are being molested by squirrels, think about investing in cheap and easy squirrel deterrents. As an added bonus, the mesh is so thin that it is largely invisible and you can train vining plants to use the fence as a long, low trellis. I planted several Armenian cucumbers along the inside of my fence this summer, and the mesh was able to successfully support a whole crop of these monstrous cucumber-like melons.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: 3-Step Approach To Protecting My Garden From Squirrels<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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This article about squirrel deterrents was written for Hobby Farms magazine. Click here to subscribe.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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