On 2007-02-27, me wrote:

"Bob Overby" wrote in message
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My wife asked to find out if anyone has some ideas for keeping the
squirrels from destroying any and all flowers that she plants in
pots or small garden areas in our yard/portches, etc.

We have had problems with some in the past but this year they are
digging up every thing.

The dogs in the backyard aren't even deterring them from the pots on
the deck (maybe they are just lazy and don't chase them away).

Any ideas?

bob
Cayenne pepper on their nuts?

Seriously though. I mix cayenne pepper with my bird seed and it has
all but eliminated squirrels (sometimes the young ones show up that
don't know about the pepper)

I would imagine it would need to be re-applied each time it rains.

BTW sas.misc.gardening cannot be accessed by those of us not working
at SAS



What if it is a female squirrel?

An earlier post suggested a spray of cayenne pepper and garlic powder.
not sure about the water, but it was a teaspoon of each, boiled and
strained. Probably a gallon or two of water. I may try that one. It
is supposed to work for deer also.

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