today we will see how you can control squirrelsor chipmunks, moles or gophers in your garden these critters can wreak havoc on your garden plants so we will see how you can control themchipmunks or squirrels are one of the most devastating for your gardenthey'll eat you strawberries, they'll eat your vegetablesand before you can get them they'll be gone!
how to keep snakes out your yard, so the product that we will be using todayis called molemax by bonide. it's a pretty good company that manufacturesgarden products i've got my molemax from amazonnow there are two versions of these stakes - these molemax stakes that are availablethe one that we have here runs on batteries
it uses 3 c sized batteriesand i got the battery version because i was planning to use them under shadesometimes like under trees but if you get a lot of sunlight on the areathat you are going to use these there is also a solar version that runs juston solar power, no batteries so it might be a better long-term investment so let's install these batteriesas i mentioned it uses 3 c sized batteries which go in that wayand when you close the top what happens is these stakes get powered and then they sendout some kind of distress signal which scares the squirrels or digging creaturesaway
that's the whole principle on what this worksit sends out signals; distress signals when borrowing creatures are in dangerthey send out some signs and signals and this device tries to duplicate those signalsso let's set up the other stake as well and close itwhat you just heard was a distress signal and it keeps sending out these signals atregular intervals of time and this makes sure that it keeps all thesquirrels chipmunks gophers away from your gardenand i'm gonna place these stakes about 30 feet away from each otherand that would cover the entire side yard of my garden that i'm planning to protectthat's the area where i have all my strawberry
plants and fruit treesand that's where the squirrels like to come and get themso you got to dig a hole you got to dig a hole enough so that the blackportion of the stake goes in and the idea of putting the stakes down belowthe ground is that the signal transmits better in the lower sections of the ground wherethe borrowing creatures might be hiding so once you're done just cover up the sideswith soil and that's pretty much what needs to be donethese stakes will keep sending out the distress signalsand hopefully this should keep the squirrels awayso we will be installing the other one about
30 to 35 feet away as i mentionedand the technique is the same just dig a hole deep enough for the stake to go inand you don't have to dig out the entire soil as you can see you can just push it in andmake sure it is covered till the black portion so i think its a good organic way to controlsquirrels or chipmunks and any other burrowing creaturesyou're not using any chemicals here it's just a stake that sends out soundsso it's pretty safe and as far as i know it doesn't affect anyother pets or animals and i've been using this for a few weeks nowand it seems to be doing a good job of keeping the squirrels awayso i hope you like this video
and if you have any suggestions or if youhave any better ways to keep squirrels or chipmunks awaydo leave your comment and before we go let's hear the distress signal once again and see you again soon in california gardening
