Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs. To deter digging pests, gardeners can use chicken wire, plant more bulbs than ...

If you ever wondered why squirrels are so infuriatingly effective at thwarting every garden solution you can come up with, just remember they have existed for 35 million years. In comparison, our ...

Got squirrels snacking on your tomatoes before you even get a chance to? You're not alone. These bushy-tailed bandits may be cute, but they can cause serious damage to veggies, flowers, and fruit ...

A gardener has shared her go-to method for keeping squirrels away from her garden beds to stop them eating her bulbs - and ...

Squirrels are opportunistic rodents that look for the easiest way to consume their next meal and that includes your seeds, bulbs, and plants. Once all the easy-to-access food sources are depleted, ...

Squirrel in lush green garden snacking on foraged food - Ali Majdfar/Getty Images Squirrels. Their backyard antics are entertaining — until they start wrecking your garden. These fluffy-tailed rodents ...

We are officially into the summer season. As we enter this season, everything in your yard should be looking good right now. We have had somewhat excessive but very timely rainfall throughout the ...

Of all the different ways to get rid of squirrels, one that isn't as well known is a fungicide called thiram. Commonly used in commercial agriculture, this chemical works by creating a very unpleasant ...

If your plan is to plant daffodil bulbs in October for beautiful blooms in spring, you might want to consider how to mitigate potential disruptions. There are a number of reasons why fall-planted ...

To keep squirrels out of bird feeders, using bird seed coated in hot pepper oil is an effective solution. When using pepper-treated seed, wear gloves and avoid making your own mixture to prevent ...