How to Naturally Keep Unwanted Animals Out of Your Garden

Are squirrels and chipmunks dining on your flower bulbs? Are the neighborhood cats using your freshly-mulched flower beds as litter boxes? Are dogs delighting in romping through your garden and plants? Are bunnies nibbling on your lettuce? Here is how to naturally keep unwanted animals out of your garden.

Instructions

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   Plant garlic. To keep squirrels and chipmunks from munching on your bulbs, plant cloves of garlic among the bulbs. The smell will repel them, and you will have a popular herb with which to cook.

2. 

   Plant catmint. Keep all types of rodents -- squirrels, chipmunks, rats, mice -- out of your garden and plants by growing this very attractive and great smelling herb.

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   Use lemon. If cats are using your freshly-mulched flower beds as a litter box, just thinly slice lemons and scatter in your garden. Lemon is toxic to cats, and it usually only takes a couple of applications for them to take the hint. In addition, the lemon will biodegrade and feed your garden.

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   Use dog and human hair. Simply place dog or human hair randomly in your garden, concentrating on places where you have noticed critters digging. Usually you will need to replace the hair about every two weeks or after heavy rains. The smell will repel the wild critters. (Note: Cat hair will not work.)

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   Feed the animals. The surest way to keep critters, especially squirrels and chipmunks, out of your garden and plants is to keep them well-fed. They would much rather hang out at well-stocked feeders than expend a lot of energy digging in your garden and plants.

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   Create a bunny garden. Give the bunnies their own garden away from your vegetable garden. Plant clover and lettuces with any other greens and root vegetables that are attractive to bunnies. Also, be sure to include a saucer or top of a birdbath so they will have drinking water.

Tips & Warnings

• Read my article -- Keeping Unwanted Critters Out of Your Garden (link below) for more details and additional information.

• Read my article -- Creating a garden for wild rabbits (link below) for more details and information about creating a bunny garden.

• Feed the animals year-round (not just in the spring and summer) and be sure to include water sources.

• If you do not have a dog, ask a pet groomer for some dog hair.

• Clean out your own hairbrush and/or acquire clippings from your beauty salon.

• To successfully co-exist with the wildlife, do not use chemicals in your garden and on your plants.

Resources

• Creating a garden for wild rabbits
• Keeping Unwanted Critters Out of Your Garden