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>cross posting in #99 and #100
Me again from thread #97 - I have successfully transplanted my strawberry plant to it's own big planter! It's since grown 5-8 new leaves and has 6 new strawberry buds on them, two of which have bloomed their flowers and are now developing strawberries!
Now it's time for war! The war on Squirrels! Gray squirrels, to be precise. Everything I can find online says the only effective way to keep squirrels from your garden is to trap and relocate them (no poisons or repelling agents are commercially available), but I can't help but think that someone somewhere has had come up with a method by now for keeping squirrels away from their bounty without moving or killing them. After all - we put man on the moon, successfully grant the deaf the ability to hear again, and genetically modify our food to repel pests and disease, not to mention the medical marvels of the past 100 years - but we can't keep an 18-inch, 1lb mammal out of a 4' x 4' bed? Bullshit.
So what have you come up with? I was thinking about moving the planter to the back yard where the dogs could protect it, but the dogs aren't always outside and the plant won't get the sunlight it needs on that side of the house. The bastards will get their grubby little paws on my strawberries through chicken wire, and a fine mesh would block out too much sun.
Has anyone ever had to keep squirrels at bay, and if so - what was the solution?
Thanks in advance - you guys are helpful and friendly, a rarity on 4chan!
