[KimC]

Someone near me feeds the local squirrels peanuts also, and they beeline it here to bury them, digging up my raised beds and containers in the process. I finally found the spiked scat mats and placed them on top of everything I could, and that kept them out of the beds and containers, but not the trees, of course. They damage or take as much of my ripening fruit as they can manage, and pull off even more and throw it to the ground just for fun, leaving it to rot (not even a bite mark on it!). I salvage as much as I can, and this year got more by picking early and letting things ripen inside. That’s not possible with everything, and the flavor isn’t nearly as good as tree-ripened, but you do what you have to. Now maybe, just maybe, this method will work and I will be free of the plague of squirrels once and for all. Here’s hoping! Please let us know if you try it and what results you get.