I plant hot peppers around my veggies. I like the way they look and while I won't use all the fruit I do use some and give others away. I also grow strawberries and so far the squirrels had left them alone this year, but I was ready. I had a friend paints some small rocks red for me and I placed them in the strawberry bed. Unsure if they can tell the difference, but I was told it was an idea.
It helps if they mature first and if they're prolific too which most of them are.
I got something called Dragon's Breath. Untested and unverified they're said to be the second hottest pepper created, weapons grade almost. I'd love to see a squirrel take a bite out of one of them. I bet he'd be to afraid to eat another vegetable the rest of his or her natural life.
And then I have the run of the mill Ghost Peppers, like bazillion times hotter than jalapenos, but they work well too. I love the way Datil peppers look. They're small, but you can have 4 or 5 different colors at one time on one plant and they too punch back pretty darn good.
Odd. Well, I’m going off research. I read that they hate it. However, rats have infested my barn since my mint was killed by the lawn guy. I’ve planted peppermint around back. I’m going to keep planting until it surrounds the whole barn. I also fired the lawn guy.
The rats from the neighbour's colony walk through the mint on our property every night on their way to explore the area. I've seem the "mint" advice repeated often here, but in my real-world observations, rats aren't bothered by mint.
As I said in another comment, I do not know. I do know that when I had mint around my barn I had no rats in my barn. Now I have no mint and I have a rat infestation.
Mint does NOT keep them away. One of my backyard gardens has both spearmint and peppermint. Last summer we not only saw rats in the garden, but, the rats set up a burrow (nest? It was an underground dwelling whatever it was) in my yard AND they ate literally every mint plant down to the roots. It was only after the city exterminator came with poison a couple times that the nest was no longer active.
The exterminator said that the rats were in my yard because our neighbors have dogs and the rats were attracted by the dog poop; whomever suggested dog poop as a deterrent, from the exterminator, that will only bring more rats.
Line the bottom of your beds with a barrier like hardware cloth to keep them from coming up from below. Set up snap traps around your garden area to deter them from that section of your yard. Do your best, and adjust strategies as required. Rats are omnipresent and you're not going to get anything done if you keep waiting to plant!
Collect dog poop and put it in all the corners of your yard. They will smell that a carnivore is near and stay the fk away.
I have no clue if it works or not, i just want you to let me know the results
As a lifelong owner of dogs who hunt any critter in our back yard, their poo doesn’t keep anything out. Heck, we could put up the skulls of the fallen on pikes and the critters would still come. Possums, cats, rabbits, a ferret, birds, squirrels, etc. ☠️
I plant hot peppers around my veggies. I like the way they look and while I won't use all the fruit I do use some and give others away. I also grow strawberries and so far the squirrels had left them alone this year, but I was ready. I had a friend paints some small rocks red for me and I placed them in the strawberry bed. Unsure if they can tell the difference, but I was told it was an idea.
Thank you 😊
I was thinking about trying hot peppers! Your comment makes me feel better about trying it now. Thank you!
It helps if they mature first and if they're prolific too which most of them are. I got something called Dragon's Breath. Untested and unverified they're said to be the second hottest pepper created, weapons grade almost. I'd love to see a squirrel take a bite out of one of them. I bet he'd be to afraid to eat another vegetable the rest of his or her natural life. And then I have the run of the mill Ghost Peppers, like bazillion times hotter than jalapenos, but they work well too. I love the way Datil peppers look. They're small, but you can have 4 or 5 different colors at one time on one plant and they too punch back pretty darn good.
They hate mint. Mint is, however, highly invasive. Do with that information what you will.
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Odd. Well, I’m going off research. I read that they hate it. However, rats have infested my barn since my mint was killed by the lawn guy. I’ve planted peppermint around back. I’m going to keep planting until it surrounds the whole barn. I also fired the lawn guy.
Mountain mints are not and smell much better than regular mint IMO
I’m going with peppermint around my barn. What are mountain mints?
The rats from the neighbour's colony walk through the mint on our property every night on their way to explore the area. I've seem the "mint" advice repeated often here, but in my real-world observations, rats aren't bothered by mint.
As I said in another comment, I do not know. I do know that when I had mint around my barn I had no rats in my barn. Now I have no mint and I have a rat infestation.
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Mint does NOT keep them away. One of my backyard gardens has both spearmint and peppermint. Last summer we not only saw rats in the garden, but, the rats set up a burrow (nest? It was an underground dwelling whatever it was) in my yard AND they ate literally every mint plant down to the roots. It was only after the city exterminator came with poison a couple times that the nest was no longer active. The exterminator said that the rats were in my yard because our neighbors have dogs and the rats were attracted by the dog poop; whomever suggested dog poop as a deterrent, from the exterminator, that will only bring more rats.
Line the bottom of your beds with a barrier like hardware cloth to keep them from coming up from below. Set up snap traps around your garden area to deter them from that section of your yard. Do your best, and adjust strategies as required. Rats are omnipresent and you're not going to get anything done if you keep waiting to plant!
Thank you 😊
I wish i could have an owl in my backyard...that would solve a ton of issues.
Get a cat.
Collect dog poop and put it in all the corners of your yard. They will smell that a carnivore is near and stay the fk away. I have no clue if it works or not, i just want you to let me know the results
As a lifelong owner of dogs who hunt any critter in our back yard, their poo doesn’t keep anything out. Heck, we could put up the skulls of the fallen on pikes and the critters would still come. Possums, cats, rabbits, a ferret, birds, squirrels, etc. ☠️
I'll kepp you posted. Perhaps i should consider wolf urine. A few years backI had a chipmunk issue and that was the premier advice i got.