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Originally Posted by Av8rgirl
Chipmunks will dig up your bulbs and eat them. They will also plant things for themselves for winter storage.
Check with your local garden center for a chipmunk/squirrel repellent.
Here's a couple of ideas that I have in my book from class
- bloodmeal sprinkled on the soil surface
- Hot pepper sprays and as a bonus they deter most insect pests
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Watch with the bloodmeal. Dogs (and fox if you have them) will dig the livin' tar out of the spot where you put that.
They think there must be a carcass buried there.
Bunnies ate one of my pepper plants and a couple of my snapdragons.
Stoopid me, I forgot to move my fake snake over to the new veggie bed. That worked like a charm last year. It's looking kind of rough though. I'm going to see if they still have them and get a couple more.
I purposely plant stuff for the bunnies to munch - johnny jump ups - because that helps keep them away from things I'd rather they didn't eat. JJU's are full of vitamin C and one of their faves. The rabbits are pretty snmart about just munching so much off them that the plant will be okay - mostly the blooms.
You can eat them too ( in salads and such), or sugar coat them and use them decoratively on cakes and stuff. Sometimes I'll drop one in my iced tea. Hmmm, they'd be pretty in a mohito.