There is a watering device that is made by the same people who make Scat
Mats, which senses motion and comes on, flinging a jet of water around and
scaring away critters. This may work for you! Look up Scat Mat and you'll
probably find the name of it. Many of the gardening catalogues carry it
now.

"Jefffooz" wrote in message
...
I live in California. I am experiencing a problem with ground squirrels in
my
garden. Early in the spring, I had a terrible problem with the rabbits;
they
ate all my asters and other flowering perennials. To control them, I
simply
built a three-foot fence around my garden and this solved the problem.
Then, I
had the gophers to contend with, who started eating all the agapanthus,
liatris, etc. I bought a sound-emitting device that I bury in the ground;
this
has miraculously repelled the gophers from my garden. The ground squirrels
are
another story; they simply climbed over the fence and ignored the sound
device.
They come out while I am at work to eat my gladiolas, dahlias, petunias,
zinnias, asters and of all things, echinacea. I have tried spraying deer
repellent, to no avail. They just keep coming, and their number seems to
be
increasing. Does anybody know of an effective way to repel them from the
garden, besides trapping and poisoning? I am thinking perhaps next year I
will
only plant cactus.

Thanks

Jeffery