I used to suck at plant growing.
More recently, for some unknown reason, I stopped sucking at plants. It was probably an attitude change more than anything. Plus someone told me you're supposed to water them and that did seem to help.
I was pretty excited about my rad plants until I encountered enemy number one.
These furry little bastards began to destroy my rad plants and my yard.
Now, our yard is not as prosperous as my potted plants. Here in the ghetto, grass doesn't grow in the native soil. It consists mostly of clay and rocks, thereby choking out plant life. We have spent many hours and many hundreds of dollars trying to get it to look even as mediocre as this.
Enter the enemy.....
These little shitheads have been completely terrorizing my yard and my potted plants. Every time we tried to repair the damage to our grass, we would discover new holes filled with peanuts and walnut shells. They are stockpiling their little snacks for wintertime. Cute?
No.
They must die.
To rid ourselves of these beasts of burden, we tried rubber snakes, rubber lizards, cayenne pepper, various store-bought repellents, and even cat hair (swear). Nothing. One of the repellents did not repel the squirrels at all, but instead made our entire backyard smell like a giant mutant clove of garlic got sick and barfed in it. We couldn't stand to be back there. So it must have been awesome repellent instead of squirrel repellent.
Out of desperation, we tried one final idea.
Not joking.
I would put a real photo, but the camera needs batteries and I'm out.
We covered the yard with wire grating and anchored it down with bent chain-link ties. Desperate times, my friends......
I wanted to set land mines, but husband said no.
If this doesn't work...I have a final solution.
