How to Get Rid of Squirrels in the Garden
This is a popular and troublesome problem, but here are a few suggestions.
Take away all their food. Maybe they are not eating your garden plants but might be attracted to various berries or nuts or what not that may be laying around in the yard. If you remove their source of food, you might take away their reason for coming to your yard or garden.
A hundred years or two ago, the popular way to keep the squirrels out of gardens was to place moth balls around the perimeter of the garden. Squirrels don’t like this smell so they tend to go the other way. (at least that was the common opinion back then.)
Currently, there are still some people who still believe this, but there are many people who say moth balls are totally useless. You’ll only know by trying. It is a simple, cheap fix – if it works.
You can buy other repellants too, if you would like. Many of these are made from things from their natural predators, like foxes. Sometimes people even say human hair scattered around plants is enough to deter the squirrels from eating them.
You can put a fence around your garden. Simple chicken wire is usually sufficient. However, don’t just put it around the garden, bury some of it under the ground to to prevent them from digging under the fence also. You can also bury it around or above bulbs, too. The bulbs will grow through the wire with no problem at all.
You can buy “live traps”, trap the pests and then take them far away and release them. They are the most humane but you may unknowing trap other animals in them also.
You can place loose plastic mesh over the garden after planting it. The plants will grow through the mesh, but the squirrels won’t be able to dig through it very easily.
You can invest in motion detecter sprinklers. When a squirrel comes by and triggers the sprinkler they scamper on out of there.