I attract and feed squirrels and had the same problem trying to keep them
out of potted plants, digging up the dirt and hiding food.

Best solution is to put a shallow layer of medium size (1" - 3" size) river
rock on top of the soil in the planters. That's what I did and the
squirrels left everything alone.

Tristram Shandy

"Christiane" wrote in message
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Good Morning all.
I live in a second floor apartment where my back door goes out onto a
fairly small balcony and fire escape. I have a few planters out there,
4 that are hanging off of my railing. I have some begonia's, a lettuce
box, and some other assorted plants.
The squirrels LOVE to dig in my plants. I came home from work
yesterday and found a few of my begonia's completely rooted up, and
the lettuce box had been dug through as well.
What can I do to keep my flowers squirrel free?
Thanks in advance!
Christiane