I do the same thing! For shorter plants, like seedlings, you can use the web trays that you often get when you buy a flat of annuals. I put the seed trays/seedlings in one, the turn another over the top and twisty tie it on. Truly a life-saver from the marauding squirrels and chipmunks!

When you use the trays/baskets directly on the ground, a few landscape fabric pins work well to hold them in place.

@Xeramtheum

In your second pic, how do you keep the upside down basket on (the round green pot) and not coming off?

Where in the dollar tree store do you find the baskets? How long, wide and deep are they? How much do they cost?

I'm not X, but they are two for a dollar, sold in pairs, in the plastic container section at our store. Our store had clear frosted, and blue frosted. They measure approximately 14" x 11" x 3.5" .

Danita's right .. and it's just laying on top of the pot.

Thank you for the tip.

I'm always looking for ways to keep my free ranging chickens from getting into my seedlings. This tip will work for them too.

Danita's tray tip works good too - I also look for wire baskets used for paper at offices at the thrift store and use those as well.

@Xeramtheum and @Danita

Thanks for your tips!

This is awesome! I would have never thought of that! Year before last I had to put down remay over my corn seeds and sunflowers because the area was so big. For all of my smaller plantings I was at a loss and couldn’t figure out what to do. Thank you!

You're welcome!

AWESOME tip!