Last year, the squirrels got just about every tomato I grew. It's heartbreaking to watch a tomato develop only to find it on the ground with gnawed holes in it.
I determined that it was worth it to trap them. So I started last winter. I used peanut butter, peanut butter mixed with oats, peanut butter in a dish in the trap, etc. The squirrels learn fast but they do get trapped. I enlarged my garden and had many wonderful tomatoes with no losses!
Before the last big storm, I found a hole that they chewed in the base of my chimney. I was doubly glad I thinned the herd.
Just this week I saw the first squirrel in my garden. Getting the traps back out . . . .
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