If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you know I deal with various furry woodland creatures around my house.
Every spring, I have the battle of the chipmunks. Skunks and raccoons frequent the garden in the summer.
Now, I have a bigger problem since the temperatures are starting to warm up and furry creatures wake up from their long winter naps.
Squirrels.
My usual tactic is to grease my shepherd’s hook with lard or Crisco. It makes the pole slippery enough to deter chipmunks, but the squirrels aren’t bothered by it.
Ugh. They’d be easier to hate if they weren’t so cute.
Back to the drawing board. I think I just need to give up and buy a baffle.
March 20, 2013 at 4:37 am
Squirrels are determined things aren’t they – your first shot is a cracker though!
March 20, 2013 at 7:13 am
Haha! Thanks.
March 20, 2013 at 5:00 am
Aaaah everything is saaah cute
Lovely photos!
Cheers
CCU
March 20, 2013 at 7:13 am
Thanks!
March 20, 2013 at 11:29 am
I had to stop using bird feeders because of them, they actually moved in to my attic. They are cute, but…….lol
March 20, 2013 at 8:02 pm
Oh geez! Let’s hope mine don’t get the same idea.
April 14, 2013 at 7:03 pm
We recently got our first bird feeder – we got one that closes when the squirrels climb on it, because of their weight. We also bought a picnic table for them — I will have to post a photo of it on my blog…which I will go and do right now, because it is the cutest thing!!
April 14, 2013 at 7:04 pm
whoops – a picnic table for “them” – them being the squirrels (and it seems to deter them from continuously trying to beat our squirrel-proof bird feeder)