Great idea! in Protecting Bulbs from Squirrels

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By Suga
June 22, 2016

This is my accidental solution to a squirrel problem.

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plantladylin

Jun 21, 2016 6:46 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Suga, what a creative idea and it really looks nice ... love it!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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CarolineScott

Jun 21, 2016 7:41 PM CST

Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)

Would work for magpies too.
They pull begonia tubers right out of planters.
Thanks for the great idea!

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Suga

Jun 21, 2016 10:02 PM CST

Name: Suga
Coastal South Carolina (Zone 8b)

Thanks!! It works really well for me.

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rocklady

Jun 22, 2016 12:31 PM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Super idea.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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Deebie

Jun 22, 2016 1:15 PM CST

Name: Deborah
midstate South Carolina (Zone 8a)
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff!

Great idea, especially for some of those flea market finds.

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ctcarol

Jun 22, 2016 2:30 PM CST

Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.

I don't paint mine, but do use them to keep the cats out of my larger pots.

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Marilyn

Jun 22, 2016 5:08 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Laughter is the Best Medicine!

Deebie said:Great idea, especially for some of those flea market finds.

Summer sales might have some available at garden centers too.

Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias Forum!

Hummingbirds are beautiful flying jewels in the garden!

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Marilyn

Jun 22, 2016 5:11 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Laughter is the Best Medicine!

@Suga

How do you keep them together, so the squirrels don't pull, knock and/or lift the top part off?

Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias Forum!

Hummingbirds are beautiful flying jewels in the garden!

| @Marilyn | Post #1190985 (8)

Suga

Jun 22, 2016 10:43 PM CST

Name: Suga
Coastal South Carolina (Zone 8b)

I haven't had any problems with the squirrels knocking them off or over. But the ones that didn't fit quite so tight I used those things that hold down the soaker hose just because it's what I had around the house. Those worked great

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sallyg

Jun 23, 2016 6:29 AM CST

Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
See you in the funny papers!

great idea!
The second one looks like a light fixture cover that I pulled out of a trash can at the park, figuring it could be some part of a bird feeder... Also sort of makes a little cage for propping up stems, might be an added benefit on some plants.

Plant it and they will come.

| @sallyg | Post #1191445 (10)

cwhitt

Jun 23, 2016 8:16 AM CST

Name: Christie
Central Ohio 43016 (Zone 6a)
Plays on the water.

Hmmm, that might work for my sweet potatoes also. I grow them on my patio in a big pot. Seems the chipmunks love them. There would still be enough room for the vines to grow through.

Plant Dreams. Pull Weeds. Grow A Happy Life.

| @cwhitt | Post #1191559 (11)

Suga

Jun 23, 2016 8:35 AM CST

Name: Suga
Coastal South Carolina (Zone 8b)

Yes that was my thought when I first put the cage/cover thingy and it did help hold up my daffodils when they bloomed this year. It's a two'fer

Of course I can't put my hands on a pic right now as I'm outside but i will try to post one later

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DaisyI

Jun 23, 2016 1:42 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

I saved my cactus garden from squirrels a couple years ago with this very same solution. The squirrels never tried to move the baskets.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

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Marilyn

Jun 23, 2016 7:23 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Laughter is the Best Medicine!