Jo Thompson • Garden Designer • The Gardening Mind

If you can bank on squirrels in your garden, don’t bank on tulips there. 🌷

While I usually leave my bulb planting to a little later (November) the question of how to deter those pesky whirlwinds of fur is always there.

I’d love to hear your methods. My friend Jo Fairley swears by a layer of seaweed over pots, whilst I think a layer of chickenwire over any planting, with a thin layer of soil on top, does the trick.

Jo also firmly believes that squirrels can put two and two together very quickly and so are attracted by newly-disturbed ground, therefore if you add a layer of leaves and make the spot look all forest-floory, they’re more likely to leave it alone.

Over on The Gardening Mind I pick out lots of tulip suggestions and everyone shares their views on the best defence for squirrel. Subscribe to read and join us over on Substack.

📷 Jason Ingram

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