I have potted petunias both front and back and the squirrels thought it was their personal buffet. I have resorted to garlic powder sprinkled all around the base of the plants and it's working. You have to sprinkle often but it's cheap and effective.
NO! Small animals are dtawn to the egg shells and will eat or lick them and die! Please, dont poison innocent cats, dogs, etc. Encourage possums!!! They will save your flower beds, believe me. They are a Godsend. Meanwhile, find a SAFE alternative. Just spending 5 ninutes a nite, handpicking them off is the only other sure bet. Ask your local nursery for animal safe ideas. NOT Lowes or Home Depot.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
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Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
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I first noticed this on the leaves of my cherry trees, then on my green peppers in the garden on the other side of the house. Some leaves are just eaten around the ed...
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I have potted petunias both front and back and the squirrels thought it was their personal buffet. I have resorted to garlic powder sprinkled all around the base of the plants and it's working. You have to sprinkle often but it's cheap and effective.
Turns out it was slimy slugs eating the petunias. I spread crumbled egg shell around the plants and dusted them with insect repellent.