rec.gardens.edible
Cantalopes & squirels

Do squirels forage cantalope patchs? Have a small patch in the Ohio river
valley that's shown only one small 1 in. cantalope so far. The squirels seem
to be having a good year, though.

Hul

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rec.gardens.edible
Cantalopes & squirels

Do squirels forage cantalope patchs? Have a small patch in the Ohio river
valley that's shown only one small 1 in. cantalope so far. The squirels seem
to be having a good year, though.

Hul

They never hit mine when I grew them, but I have a fenced yard, and dogs
that will eat squirrels if they can catch them.
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Andy writes:

Each spring when I put in a garden, the local squirrels take note.
As soon as
I see one in my garden, it becomes shot. Then I build a little
gallows in the
middle of the garden and hand the carcass from it.....

It seems to work... Stinks for about a week, but no further
squrrels come into
the garden......

My garden is fenced, and I have a dog..... Squirrels just laugh
at that....They
are too fast and too quick for most dogs and cats, especially when
they aren't
taken by surprised. They are not too fast for a good pellet rifle,
however.....

Andy in Eureka, Texas

Interesting solution. ie, how to communicate with squirels. Thanks.

Hul

AndyS wrote:
Andy writes:

Each spring when I put in a garden, the local squirrels take note.
As soon as
I see one in my garden, it becomes shot. Then I build a little
gallows in the
middle of the garden and hand the carcass from it.....

It seems to work... Stinks for about a week, but no further
squrrels come into
the garden......

My garden is fenced, and I have a dog..... Squirrels just laugh
at that....They
are too fast and too quick for most dogs and cats, especially when
they aren't
taken by surprised. They are not too fast for a good pellet rifle,
however.....

Andy in Eureka, Texas

You probably wouldn't even have to shoot one to have this affect.
Simply find a squirrel that was hit by a car and rub it around the
preimeter of your garden. Squirrels are rodents. I know that rats will
avoid a trap if they smell that a rat has been killed by it.

On Sep 28, 7:06 am, AndyS wrote:
Andy writes:

Each spring when I put in a garden, the local squirrels take note.
As soon as
I see one in my garden, it becomes shot. Then I build a little
gallows in the
middle of the garden and hand the carcass from it.....

It seems to work... Stinks for about a week, but no further
squrrels come into
the garden......

My garden is fenced, and I have a dog..... Squirrels just laugh
at that....They
are too fast and too quick for most dogs and cats, especially when
they aren't
taken by surprised. They are not too fast for a good pellet rifle,
however.....

Andy in Eureka, Texas

So do turtles and raccoons. I put up a squirrel feeder and they kept away
from the garden, but it didn't stop the other two.

Dwayne



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rec.gardens.edible
Cantalopes & squirels

Do squirels forage cantalope patchs? Have a small patch in the Ohio river
valley that's shown only one small 1 in. cantalope so far. The squirels
seem
to be having a good year, though.

Hul