{"id":26884,"date":"2015-04-06T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=26884"},"modified":"2015-04-06T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T20:08:41","slug":"how-to-keep-squirrels-out-of-planters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=26884","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep Squirrels Out of Planters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I am sure you have heard that the only difference between a squirrel and a rat is that a squirrel has a better public relations team.\u00a0 Even though some people might think they are cute, there are a few living in the trees around my yard that are driving. me. crazy.\u00a0 Having a dog doesn&#8217;t even keep them away.\u00a0 I think she would actually share a bone with them.\u00a0 After fighting her own battle against squirrels in Lexington, my mom has come up with a simple way to keep them out of her planters.\u00a0 All you need to do is use pepper flakes to keep squirrels out of your planters.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26885\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Pepper-Flakes-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pepper Flakes\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Pepper-Flakes-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Pepper-Flakes-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Pepper-Flakes-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>How simple is that?\u00a0 The other great things about this tip is that it is cheap, easy, eco-friendly, and somewhat humane.\u00a0 After all, if a squirrel happens to like hot foods, then we have done a good deed.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26887\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0422-632x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pansies\" width=\"541\" height=\"875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0422-199x323.jpg 199w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0422-300x485.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0422.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Every time my mom puts flowers in her <a title=\"The Three Plants for Container Gardens\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/03\/24\/three-plants-container-gardens\/\">planter<\/a>, the squirrels dig them out.\u00a0 We think they are looking to see if there are bulbs attached.\u00a0 Bulbs equal food in a squirrel&#8217;s world.\u00a0 This year when she planted her spring pansies, Mom sprinkled a generous amount of red pepper flakes on the soil.\u00a0 The squirrels have not bothered the flowers even once.\u00a0 This tip might be as useful as the one we shared about<a title=\"How To Eliminate Garden Slugs\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/06\/05\/how-to-eliminate-garden-slugs\/\"> slugs <\/a>a few years ago.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26889\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0416-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Pansies\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0416-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0416-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0416-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Be sure to &#8220;Pin&#8221; this one in your gardening tips.\u00a0 If you try it, let us know if it works.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Thanks for stopping in.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!!!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure you have heard that the only difference between a squirrel and a rat is that a squirrel has a better public relations team.\u00a0 Even though some people might think they are cute, there are a few living in the trees around my yard that are driving. me. crazy.\u00a0 Having a dog doesn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26884"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26891,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26884\/revisions\/26891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}