It's Wabbit Season - Critter Control for your Garden

There's nothing like slicing up your first home grown tomato for a sandwich on a lovely spring afternoon.

The rewarding feeling.

The sense of accomplishment.

The juiciness.

Thing is, you're only able to have those good feelings if you're able to actually harvest your veggies before the neighborhood critters do.

It can be ultra frustrating to wake up on a beautiful spring morning and go out to water your beloved veggie patch, only to see this:

When it's supposed to look like this:

Let's talk about some more feelings.

Anger

Disgust

Defeat

We know, we've been there.

Plan A. Brute Force

While it's debatable whether or not it's acceptable to race into your backyard armed with an airsoft gun to remedy the problem, we have some friendly but still tactical solutions to offer.

Plan B. Outsmart them.

First: Secure the Area

You want to make sure that you're not leaving the door open, so to speak.

Remember that critters are mostly hair and it's amazing how they can squeeze into the tiniest of spaces.

Use chicken wire, hardware cloth or fencing to close up the gaps.

Second: Use a repellent.

These products offer an old fashioned trick with some new school science.

Made from coyote/fox urine or, no smell essential oils. These repellents either create the illusion of a predator in the area, so critters will want to steer clear for fear of their lives, or leave the area with an extremely off-putting smell. 

Leaving you with no mess to clean up since 

you didn't go with Plan A.

As always, be sure to read the label before using any product.

Some helpful tips:

Burrowing Animals: Shake level-tablespoon sized quantity into every hole you find in your yard, garden, flowerbeds, along foundations, etc.

"Hard to Get To" Areas: Inside and Under Buildings (Garages and Sheds): Shake-Away works great placed inside old sections of nylon stockings. We call these "Stocking Balls". To utilize this tip:
-Cut up old nylon stockings into about 6 inch sections.
-Tie off one end and place a tablespoon sized portion of granules inside the stocking.
-Tie off the other end.
-Toss these "stocking balls" into/under the areas you are treating.

Happy gardening!