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Defending plants from an asshole squirrel (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world to c/nativeplantgardening@mander.xyz
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I've wanted a butterfly weed plant for years and this year I finally just decided to buy some small ones and remove any guesswork. That night the idiot squirrel that lives on my property dug them both up, so this is my solution to protect the new one i was graciously given for free from the same nursery i got the others.

I used like ten 6" landscaping staples to anchor the wire, and if the squirrel gets through that I'm gonna lose my shit

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[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

I use a similar method for rats in my city. But I also use a ring of lava rock around the mesh because they hate the way it feels. My mom stole this method from me to save her herbs from squirrels and it seemed to work so well that she now puts lava rock in all her flower planters to keep the squirrels from digging up the flowers.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago

In my head there's a moat of molten lava around your plants and that's metal AF.

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Huh, that's interesting

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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