Heres how to discourage these persistent garden visitors.
What just happened here?
Chances are your neighborhoodsquirrelsare to blame.
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In fact, research has found that squirrels are pretty good atremembering and sniffing outwhere they have cached food.
On the other hand, you cant necessarily blamesquirrelsfor the damage unless youve actually witnessed the culprit in action.
“Chipmunks have the same digging behavior,” says Pierce.
“Squirrels and chipmunks are not stamped out in a factory.
Theyre individuals with different behaviors,” says Mengak.
Its likely youll need to use a combination of techniques:
