Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Bwa ha ha! Victory is mine!

Y'all know I have all kinds of problems with squirrels. I always heard that red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper would keep them away, so I sprinkled red pepper flakes around some Peruvian daffodil and gladiolus bulbs I planted recently (the red straw is to remind me where things are planted! Recycled from McAlisters!):
Guess what? IT TOTALLY WORKS! In the picture below you can see the same area as above, with some glads about 3 inches tall coming up. The Peruvian daffodils are also up and pretty much undisturbed!

For what it's worth, I imagine the flakes work better than cayenne because they are bigger and will last longer.

6 comments:

Sheila said...

I've used red peppers for years and they work great!

Susie said...

Good to know something that has been rumored about actually works!

Dirt Princess said...

Burns those little noses!!! They don't like it. I am glad to see you are going green by recyling...LOL!

Ginger said...

Sheila - I'm glad to hear the squirrels don't acclimate to it!

Susie - red pepper flakes for deterring squirrels and white soap in the wrapper for deterring deer are about the only two folk remedies that have really worked for me! I'm weary of trying things if it means I have to buy something, but when I already have the materials in the cabinet, why not?!

Dirt Princess - I am a recycling maniac! We have more recycling and compost than trash! LOL

Pomona Belvedere said...

Wow, this is impressive! I wonder if it works for gophers? If so, you will have made a lot of people happy...

Ginger said...

Pomona,
It very well could work for gophers. Of course, it's easy to target the squirrels because I know what they are prone to get into - pretty much every bulb except muscari and daffodils!
Thanks for visting my blog!
Ginger