I use a big bulk bag of cayenne pepper from a health food store. It's
cheaper there. Sprinkle around planting beds or whatever you want to keep
the little stinkers out of. It has always worked for me, or course you need
to reapply after a rain.
wrote in message
...
I have had good luck stopping the tree rats from digging in my flower beds
with a
dusting of blood meal. but this morning I heard about people spraying fox
urine on
stuff to keep chippies from digging/chewing. if all else fails, try some
tanglefoot
on the bush. Ingrid

wrote:

Hi,

I have a bunch of gray squirrel in my yard. They've always eaten the
bird seed I put in feeder, but I really don't care about that.

Recently however, a gray squirrel was gnawing on a Burning Bush shrub
that has been under the bird feeders for about 4 years now.

I've never seen a gray squirrel try to eat a shrub before.

Does anyone know if this is a common problem, or just a temporary
oddity. The bush was just setting out new leaves as it is mid spring
where I live (coastal NH).

Any recommended solutions besides moving the bush or the feeders?

Thanks.



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