tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post5473646062296266940..comments2024-03-27T21:47:38.050-07:00Comments on stevereads: Outwitting Squirrels!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-84469067697877901382009-02-17T21:49:00.000-08:002009-02-17T21:49:00.000-08:00My mom used to have a feeder propped on a metal po...My mom used to have a feeder propped on a metal pole. To thwart the squirrels she would grease the pole with butter. There was nothing more gratifying to the soul than watching a squirrel leap upon the pole and then, claws scrabbling and with a look of wide-eyed astonishment, slowly slide down it to the earth. <BR/><BR/>Of course, after two or three slides, the pole would be degreased and the squirrel could get at the feeder. But still...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-28484953870135935312009-02-17T21:09:00.000-08:002009-02-17T21:09:00.000-08:00I'm going to need some anti-squirrel advice soon. ...I'm going to need some anti-squirrel advice soon. My fiancée wants to grow tomatoes on our roof and she knows from past experience that squirrels wait until the very day before the tomatoes are ready to be picked before taking one bite out of each (they don't actually like tomatoes, you see, they just forget immediately after tasting one). <BR/><BR/>Chemically treating the tomatoes in something like pepper spray doesn't work and is a dubious solution from square one. I assume caging in the entire tomato garden is the only sure-fire solution, though I would prefer to not run afoul of the zoning board when my makeshift, PVC-pipe greenhouse goes blowing away in a thunderstorm. <BR/><BR/>Steve, is Bill Adler's book too focused on feeders to help me?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884498632658933283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32302521.post-83371881389901184242009-02-17T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-17T12:10:00.000-08:00Awwww, that's just the cutest little face I've eve...Awwww, that's just the cutest little face I've ever seen on Stevereads...<BR/><BR/>Why do birds get all the good press. They're kinda creepy, all made up of flesh raking and eye gouging body parts. At least squirrels can be distracted from evil by throwing a few acorns their way. And I've never gotten a squirrel caught in my hair.F-Stophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744135906800231796noreply@blogger.com