Hows your squirrel nets working out? Doing the job to keep away the tree rats you adore so much?
“Hows your squirrel nets working out? Doing the job to keep away the tree rats you adore so much?”
I’m glad you asked. When that squirrel, or one like the first one since it happened twice in one day, was sitting on the top of the garden fence and not coming in due to Prissy being out there, I knew I was sunk if I didn’t act immediately. By the late afternoon, I had sorted out the net and covered both sides of the deck where the plants are. They are not getting into the net room, either. So, yes, the net is working since not one has been in the garden so far. If they have been in, there is no sign of a plant being eaten.
Actually, I think if one came in and tried to get to a plant, it would get tangled up in the net if it managed to get under the net or jump on top of it. I put metal stakes under the net at various places so the net is above all plants, not resting on the plants.
I will not let them destroy the work I’ve done and the money I have put into that. Neither do I want the birds to eat the strawberries and tomatoes if I ever get any.