Raccoons in the garden

scattering blood meal around plants

sprinkling wood ashes around plants

Grind up garlic, mix it with an equal portion of chili powder, and spread it around the Garden

Hello there, Try spreading human hair around the plot (obtainable from Hairdressers or Barber!

Hi there, snails are eating up my plants. Can anyone help please.

Good luck ♥ We've had raccoon visitors during the night in my back yard several times over the years. They would catch the koi in my pond. Now it would be different if they would eat them, but they would just play with them and leave them all over the yard. I've tried animal control in our area, they said they wouldn't help us, but to get a Havahart trap, then release them at least 100 miles away because they travel that and more. An exterminator was way too expensive. Had a trap, tried, could never catch them...tried sardines, marshmallows, tuna, canned cat food and more. I devoured the web for info on how to get them to go. Tried criss crossing fishing line throughout the back yard, raccoon's didn't mind it, the dogs hated it. Lit the backyard up like a runway – didn't phase them, Human hair, human urine, could have cared less about either, Tried "The Scarecrow" motion detector that hooks to the hose and sprays when it senses motion. Raccoon's loved it,Dogs were scared of it and refused to go out during the day even when it was off. Tried coyote urine, didn't phase the coons one bit. Tried little red flashing lights around the perimeter of the yard, raccoon's didn't notice them. Summer came and they stopped coming. We had no birdseed out for the wild birds, no dog food out, nothing. They came back the following winter and brought friends. Tried everything again to no avail. Got up one morning and they were still here! They were usually gone by then. One of my dogs slipped....pushed by me as I was trying to shoo them away. She was a Great Dane....they took her down. Now I love all animals, but don't come to my place and mess with mine. My sons stayed up the following night, shot 2 of them. They haven't been back since. It was horrid, the screams my poor dog let out as they were biting and ripping her up her. Please be careful. I wouldn't attempt to even catch one, You have to pick up that wire cage after all!. They are fierce and will bite. Be careful please. I hate saying this but the only good raccoon is a dead one!

Update: they returned this year after being gone for several. There are a pack of about 6 big beefy ones we've seen walking around our court during the night. My son's decided to go to the store, it was about dusk. One son walked out to the car where our Am Staff was sitting patiently waiting to get in. He reached for the door handle - a raccoon jumped out of our tree onto our dog! Neither of them knew it was even there. If my son hadn't reached for the handle, it would have landed on him! The coon landed on Tora's side, she was able to grab it with her mouth and toss it away. It came running back and jumped on her again, again she was able to grab and toss it. It returned again, by this time my son got steady on his feet and was able to give it a hard swift kick far enough away to get Tora inside the house. He yelled to his brother what had happened who grabbed his gun and ran out. The coon was back up in our tree. He shot it in the chest, the coon charged him! He had grabbed his pellet gun and it only had one pellet in it! He swung it around to hit it with the butt, at that point the coon climbed way up high in the tree. What would possess a raccoon to attack without any provocation? Took Tora to the ER Vet - a bill I really couldn't afford. The vet said "when something is attacking your property - and your pet is your property you have every right to shoot it''. Don't think she's met our small town cops. She said to report it, I did. Our town has taken over Animal Control from County, they took report. I knew that's all they would do, but at least it's on the records in case some child gets attacked. The last time we had an encounter, they stayed away for several years. Not these big boys - they were strutting they're stuff the next night right in the middle of the court. I'm scared to go out after dark to even take the trash out now!

Best trick my father in law used was to put an old radio in the corn patch playing a rock station loudly. Cover it with a bucket to keep off the rain.

Put a electric fence around your sweet corn, very inexpensive and easy to do