I looked out at the garden this morning to see a little chipmunk hurriedly digging and cramming his face with squash and cucumber seeds. Just look at those cheeks! He turned and froze as soon as I opened the window to take this picture and ran off after a minute. But every time I look out, there he is helping himself, before I shoo him away. I just planted everything two days ago, and I haven't seen a chipmunk since we've lived in this house until now. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I should be doing to keep pests away? I have a feeling that what I planted two days ago is going to be severely depleted by this afternoon.
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My mom used to put some coffee grounds around the garden. And obviously coffee grounds are also a nice fertilizer. :) When you actually have plants, you can spray the plants with a mixture of soap oil and cayenne pepper -- no harm to the plants. :-)
You could also try some toy snakes (but no guarantees that Jack won't steal them first)
Hope that kind of helps! Good luck with your garden!
~Belinda Chang :)
Thanks, Belinda. I'll have to try one or more of those suggestions :) Fake snakes sounds like a good one. My dad used to put a fake owl in our garden.
I love the idea of fake snakes!
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