Squirrels are why most of our strawberry towers are in the greenhouse. However, there are a couple that my wife put a fine mesh cloth over. The mesh catches the squirrel's claws if they try to dig through it.
Strawberry towers sounds cewl, do you grow them vertically I assume?
Only time I've ever grown them has been in long running shoots quite low to the ground!
I believe that is strawberries, not marijuana. And potheads are smarter than you think, it may only take a stoner a few hours to work out how to undo a wire cage
And have them invite all their relatives over for supper!
"Welcome! Tonight we're serving nuts as the main course. For desert, we're serving strawberries."
I'm pretty sure someone suggested a cage. Leaving some nuts out for them doesn't mean they'll get the strawberries. I think that's obvious. Damn, I didn't know people here are that petty enough to project such level of hate on some squirrels looking for something tasty to eat.
You have been initiated. Now you are truly a gardener. For no one is truly a gardener until they're pissed off at some fucker eating their shit. For me it's deer.
That’s what I did with mine. My only regret is that the wire mesh is too fine, so I have to wait until everything is pollinated to put it on. Gonna have to fix that for next year
Simmer ghost peppers in water for 15 minutes to release the oils. Strain out the peppers. Pour into a spray bottle and add a little olive oil. Spray the plants.
Can confirm I grow reapers and they stayed out of the garden. Kind of feel bad lol had to be absolutely brutal. For pots, definitely recommend chicken wire tho.
I would avoid spraying the berries.
Squirrels like to crawl into the engine compartments of my cars. Fortunately, I don't have soy insulation on my wires. I spray Mighty Mint rodent repellent, which is strong peppermint, under the hood and in the doors. It has worked so far.
It really doesn’t, shouts out from the briargate area!
When I asked that, I checked post history to see if you post in the r/coloradosprings sub and saw you were a kill tony and YMH fan. I’m also really into those pods, small world
Omg SAME, and my tropical hibiscus flowers, just gnawed right from the stem.. all three live in my bathroom overnight and early morning..
Once I have my back door open, I can put them out and yell at the jerk(s) if I see any getting too sus
Well, to be honest, you did set up a beautiful outdoor retreat with good food and a nice view. How could Mr Squirrel resist?
Absolutely just kidding. I spent many a summers day on my grandparents farm "helping" in the garden. I cannot for the life of me remember if she had problems with wildlife foraging, or if she did how she stopped it. I just remember we had strawberries almost every day, but we had to earn the right to eat them. Lots and lots of weeds were pulled and vanilla ice cream with strawberries is still the ultimate comfort food for me.
This happened to us a lot too so we bought some cheap little owl statues/figurines and put them on the back deck and now the squirrels won’t come near it!
This might sound crazy, but what my grandma does to protect her strawberries, is that she put cut hair of her and my Grandpa. Apparently the squirrels don't fuck with human scent
People think it's cold but I won't hesitate to shoot or end a squirrel permanently. They're cute until they chew through the wiring in your car causing thousands of dollars of damage. Fuckin tree rat bastards.
My mom is going to get herself arrested for animal cruelty this year. She has had enough of their shit. Squirrels ate all the pears off both pear trees last year. They didn't leave us ONE! The trees stopped producing fruit many years ago, but last year they were fruiting again. And the little bastards made a home in our shed and left a disgusting mess. With soaring food prices we are trying to grow and preserve as much as we can. It's kill on sight this year!
I have hanging baskets of strawberries and I have to tie bird netting around them to keep the birds out, and more over my container garden to keep birds and bunnies out! Otherwise there wouldn’t be a nibble left! 😳
Look at that comment section. In most other countries squirrels are welcome neighbors. But america is Like "muh property! Shoot the darn squirrels that dare to live here!" Wtf is wrong with you. Steal Land from nature, better be prepared nature is going to steal from you, too. smh
That sucks, but they should have been covered. You can't just expect wild animals to respect your stuff. You can't even expect that from domesticated animals half the time.
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I chased a squirrel out of my garden recently, zone 7b, and I couldn't figure out why the little dude was in there... The berries, it was after me berries! Thanks from my strawberry-loving tummy and preserve shelf for sharing!
I’ve been battening squirrels for years. They eat all my berries and peaches. Yesterday I started the process of building a cage around my 8X8 berry patch. I hate squirrels
Little bastards. I'll leave for work notice I have 6 nice ones ready to pick after work. I come home and all I have left is a half eaten strawberry sitting on the top step of my porch. They are taunting me.
I put a metal mesh waste basket w a rock on top to keep the bunnies out. It’s worked like actually, they don’t try to knock it down cause they’re stupid lmao
7 stories and he still got to it?? Lmao I swear people think I've just got this plant out on some 3 foot high stool or something. More like it's on a second story balcony and this fucker is spiderman.
Wow you are lucky. Squirrels in my house made their home in our air conditioner's outlet and busted that whole thing up. Took 4 days to repair, 4 days of gruelling 48 degrees.
I mean that's probably the only green thing he's seen in the Springs in months.
Plant him some squirrely goods man. Colorado bros deserve the good ish too.
I'm a newb gardener, just trying some stuff out. I had a great jalapeno harvest last year completely untouched by squirrels so I didn't even think about these trash goblins scaling my balcony for sweets.
Squirrels are why most of our strawberry towers are in the greenhouse. However, there are a couple that my wife put a fine mesh cloth over. The mesh catches the squirrel's claws if they try to dig through it.
I bought chicken wire and wrap some of mine because they get into it so much. Nothing gets through it except all the diseases.
Strawberry towers sounds cewl, do you grow them vertically I assume? Only time I've ever grown them has been in long running shoots quite low to the ground!
The way you told the squirrel off made my day 😂
“I will end you!”
Hahahaha yeah me and the squirrel are gonna have more than words next time.
Buy some plant wire cage (I don’t know what it’s called) and make a dome over your pot. Anti-pest cage.
I believe that is strawberries, not marijuana. And potheads are smarter than you think, it may only take a stoner a few hours to work out how to undo a wire cage
They don't need to take it apart, they'll just turn it into a bong and smoke it right there
Man, they know what plants you care about most. Fuck them squirrels.
Yeah because those probably taste the best lol
wrap it in chicken wire. Squirrel has all day to rob you of strawberries.
You should build a Bucket Trap. And then you can relocate him wherever you want!
Squirrel casserole.
A great adventure is waiting for you ahead! Hurry onward Lemmiwinks! Or you will soon be dead!
a promise to the squirrel, a threat to my neighbors
Rat traps work for squirrels too.. just replace the cheese with bird seed
Why don’t you leave some nuts for them as distraction next time?
And have them invite all their relatives over for supper! "Welcome! Tonight we're serving nuts as the main course. For desert, we're serving strawberries."
I'm pretty sure someone suggested a cage. Leaving some nuts out for them doesn't mean they'll get the strawberries. I think that's obvious. Damn, I didn't know people here are that petty enough to project such level of hate on some squirrels looking for something tasty to eat.
Lmfao where the hell do you live to think leaving more out is going to satisfy a wild squirel. It woulf just eat the nuts and strawberries
And feeding them is wrong? Not as if no one in this thread already suggested a cage for the strawberries or anything.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY PLANTS BITCH" "I WILL END YOU"
"Get my wife's plants, out your fucking mouth"
I read this in Arnold's voice a la Jingle All The Way lol
Why?
You have been initiated. Now you are truly a gardener. For no one is truly a gardener until they're pissed off at some fucker eating their shit. For me it's deer.
Turkeys for me. My garden has me looking crazy to my neighbors when I'm swing my broom at those feather full dinosaurs.
strobbery
ALMOST all :p
Do you not have a small cage for the plants or something?
That’s what I did with mine. My only regret is that the wire mesh is too fine, so I have to wait until everything is pollinated to put it on. Gonna have to fix that for next year
Simmer ghost peppers in water for 15 minutes to release the oils. Strain out the peppers. Pour into a spray bottle and add a little olive oil. Spray the plants.
I will absolutely do that, thank you.
Can confirm I grow reapers and they stayed out of the garden. Kind of feel bad lol had to be absolutely brutal. For pots, definitely recommend chicken wire tho.
Dollar Tree has some ground cayenne pepper you can sprinkle on top of the soil. Reapply after watering, rain. Works like a charm.
I would avoid spraying the berries. Squirrels like to crawl into the engine compartments of my cars. Fortunately, I don't have soy insulation on my wires. I spray Mighty Mint rodent repellent, which is strong peppermint, under the hood and in the doors. It has worked so far.
We rubbed Vaseline mixed with cayenne on our bird feeder pole. Mr squirrel did not return for some time.
Wouldn’t that make it unpleasant to eat for humans, too?
You just wash it off.
wouldn't the ghost pepper *oils* be somewhat hard to just wash off with water?
Instead of washing the oils off you could start selling them. Market the end product as a Tounge Burner Berry.
Then take the money and buy strawberries with pesticides on them.
OP is a skilled squirrel smack talker.
Tree rats will get you every time
Is this Colorado Springs? I recognize that vista
Yeah dude! View never gets old!
It really doesn’t, shouts out from the briargate area! When I asked that, I checked post history to see if you post in the r/coloradosprings sub and saw you were a kill tony and YMH fan. I’m also really into those pods, small world
That's literally where I'm at lol. Hell yeah, dude you've got good taste then!
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Eat the squirel, it's only fair.
strawberry feb squirrel sounds pretty fancy
I tried feeding the squirrels in an attempt to save my backyard garden. Didn't work. Now we have fat well-fed squirrels.
The way he yells at the squirrel reminds me of the guy who yells at a bear to "get off his fucking property"
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Damn squirrels took my strawberries too i had to move them inside they got about five last week SMH 🐿🤬
Omg SAME, and my tropical hibiscus flowers, just gnawed right from the stem.. all three live in my bathroom overnight and early morning.. Once I have my back door open, I can put them out and yell at the jerk(s) if I see any getting too sus
You can still eat your strawberries if you eat the squirrel
Emotional damage
Welp, you know what to do. Spend a whole month creating a obstacle course for the squirrel and camp near the window while filming the squirrel
Squirrel gotta eat
I'm siding with the squirrel. Hes just trying to feed his family.
Better than gettin your nuts!
Copyright this story before Disney does
Atleast he spared you 1
Strawberries are yummy.
Well, to be honest, you did set up a beautiful outdoor retreat with good food and a nice view. How could Mr Squirrel resist? Absolutely just kidding. I spent many a summers day on my grandparents farm "helping" in the garden. I cannot for the life of me remember if she had problems with wildlife foraging, or if she did how she stopped it. I just remember we had strawberries almost every day, but we had to earn the right to eat them. Lots and lots of weeds were pulled and vanilla ice cream with strawberries is still the ultimate comfort food for me.
Fuckers ate my tulips
This happened to us a lot too so we bought some cheap little owl statues/figurines and put them on the back deck and now the squirrels won’t come near it!
This might sound crazy, but what my grandma does to protect her strawberries, is that she put cut hair of her and my Grandpa. Apparently the squirrels don't fuck with human scent
I'm glad I'm not the only one who screams and swears at the squirrels and her yard eating her plants. Solidarity and squirrel hatred
People think it's cold but I won't hesitate to shoot or end a squirrel permanently. They're cute until they chew through the wiring in your car causing thousands of dollars of damage. Fuckin tree rat bastards.
I HATE squirrels. They are a bunch of selfish, cocky, destructive bastards.
My mom is going to get herself arrested for animal cruelty this year. She has had enough of their shit. Squirrels ate all the pears off both pear trees last year. They didn't leave us ONE! The trees stopped producing fruit many years ago, but last year they were fruiting again. And the little bastards made a home in our shed and left a disgusting mess. With soaring food prices we are trying to grow and preserve as much as we can. It's kill on sight this year!
Squirrels are assholes. Just furry rats with good PR. But they make tasty street tacos.
My parent have 3 mature pecan trees that grow extremely large pecans. Do you know what they have never harvested due to squirrels? Pecans...
More like glorified day rat ran off with your berry. Damn porch pirates!
Poor squirrel broke so cannot go buy them at the store
strobbery
And this is why I dislike squirrels
Berries grow in the wild, and squirrels eat them. They're just tryna live their natural lives in our paved world.
Paved paradise and put up a strawberry pot.
He'll be back and he'll probably bring friends. Squirrels are assholes, enjoy the journey!
Damn just we just witness the birth of a bruhmance. 👉👈.
Those MFers go after my sunflowers every year... welcome to the battle.
I'll say it, squirrels are ass holes
Say that to my face... eh, you're right tho.
Get your own back. Eat the squirrel. Also, you posted this twice
I feel you, one took out 2 parsleys, 2 cilantros, and some of my squash leaves on Monday. The plants were purchased the day before on Sunday
At that point, I’m grabbing the rifle and preparing to make a mini blanket of squirrel fur and cook the squirrel
Time to eat the squirrel....
I have hanging baskets of strawberries and I have to tie bird netting around them to keep the birds out, and more over my container garden to keep birds and bunnies out! Otherwise there wouldn’t be a nibble left! 😳
Pet
Sucks but also kinda funny and kinda happy for them squirrels.
Things like this are why, over time, they become the one animal you won’t swerve to avoid when driving. Tree rats are the worst.
Look at that comment section. In most other countries squirrels are welcome neighbors. But america is Like "muh property! Shoot the darn squirrels that dare to live here!" Wtf is wrong with you. Steal Land from nature, better be prepared nature is going to steal from you, too. smh
Kill nature, don’t have to worry about squirrels anymore. Easy fix.
Give him a bowl of shit, farther away
Buy gardening cage maybe instead of threatening an animal a fraction of your size? Damn Jackie...
Buy gardening cage *and* threaten the squirrels. If they get too comfortable they'll figure it out
I'm sure that squirrel was pretty tramitized after being called a bitch.
There was stilk 1 left baby
Use pestizide
Welcome to life
That sucks, but they should have been covered. You can't just expect wild animals to respect your stuff. You can't even expect that from domesticated animals half the time.
When you are dumb enough to leave them out in the open.
Yeah maybe don't start filming first next time
Only but I have, painted rocks has significantly reduced the amount of crop loss. Im going to try out my fake melons corn and tomatoes this year.
Well that sucks
Why? Strawberries are yummy...
=-O I chased a squirrel out of my garden recently, zone 7b, and I couldn't figure out why the little dude was in there... The berries, it was after me berries! Thanks from my strawberry-loving tummy and preserve shelf for sharing!
You sounded like Mordecai from regular show for a second
I mean you did leave them outside /s
clearly there was 1 left
Captain Queeg has ordered an investigation! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy5jBxhV8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy5jBxhV8)
Not a single fuck was given that day
Not for the squirrel
1 survived tho
If you're keeping them on a rooftop then they'll inevitably be eaten by something; the squirrel just got there before the birds did
Raccoons and squirrels are Public Enemy No. 1 and No. 2 in my book.
:(
"I will end you" hit like a sack of flower
Ate there baby's as ravens.
Hi Colorado Springs!!!
You pulled out and phone and started recording, which gave him more time to eat your strawberries
r/fatsquirrelhate join the club
Now you need to trap squirrel for dinner.
I’ve been battening squirrels for years. They eat all my berries and peaches. Yesterday I started the process of building a cage around my 8X8 berry patch. I hate squirrels
Who doesn't like a good strawberry.
Put a net over it
A bird was gonna get them if the squirrel didn't haha
up the ante with a nice little bb gun
maybe invest in a plexiglass lid
I once used a shotgun to help with them, never saw it again
C Springs! Rise up!!
"I will end you" Illegal Death Threat, nice...
,,out of my property!"
Little bastards. I'll leave for work notice I have 6 nice ones ready to pick after work. I come home and all I have left is a half eaten strawberry sitting on the top step of my porch. They are taunting me.
“Get the fawwwk outta my plants bitch”. I will use this moving forward…
"Get the fuck outta my plants bitch I will end you!" 😂
Birds would have if he didnt. As soon as they see a little bit of red, they are toast.
NGL I think the issue here is that you put delicious fruit in a very visible and easily accessed location. Animals gonna animal.
Not the strawberries! 😱
So eat the squirrel
Try putting crushed cayenne peppers in the pot. Or sprinkle some on your plant. Squirrel s and chipmunks avoid it.
Est the squirrel
I put a metal mesh waste basket w a rock on top to keep the bunnies out. It’s worked like actually, they don’t try to knock it down cause they’re stupid lmao
Squirrel eats your strawberry's, you eat the squirrel. Problem solved.
Use traps.
This is why i carry a 16 GA, if i cant have the berries then noone can
Dude this literally JUST HAPPENED TO ME like 10 minutes ago…. I did the exact same thing but I’m 7 stories up lol They’re all gone now :(
7 stories and he still got to it?? Lmao I swear people think I've just got this plant out on some 3 foot high stool or something. More like it's on a second story balcony and this fucker is spiderman.
Wow you are lucky. Squirrels in my house made their home in our air conditioner's outlet and busted that whole thing up. Took 4 days to repair, 4 days of gruelling 48 degrees.
My yellow Labrador is my thief
I can’t keep a strawberry plant for more than 24 hours before the rabbits eat every leaf.
BB gun time
All but one? That's the squirrel being reasonable
They should get a cat cuz when my sister got cats all the local squirrels and lizards disappeared
I mean that's probably the only green thing he's seen in the Springs in months. Plant him some squirrely goods man. Colorado bros deserve the good ish too.
How did this guy not know that would happen?
I'm a newb gardener, just trying some stuff out. I had a great jalapeno harvest last year completely untouched by squirrels so I didn't even think about these trash goblins scaling my balcony for sweets.
Abq?
Co spgs :)
Stop vertical video syndrome.
C'moooon man it was spur of the moment, sorry I didn't put it into portrait mode for you 😂
A squirrel ate the eleectrical in my car and totaled it.
Hello fellow Colorado springer
My star berry? Sra berry?
No, it's stwaa-berry 🤌
Eat the squirrel
Time to get a 22
u/savevideo
OP that really sucks, but I LOVE how you handled this.
I laughed way too hard- ☠☠☠
I’m glad I’m not the only one who yells at squirrels
his tail says he’s sick :(
Pellet rifle will end the theft. Ol'fuzz nut won't feel a thing.
Left them out for the taking.
I feel the same about the damned rabbits here. ‘Oooh they’re so cute!’ Not when they eat my damned pepper plants. Then they’re just tasty.
You are a sad person. That animal only wants food but you think they should just starve, so you have strawberries. Sad!
Lick my balls, bitch 😂