What is the one mammal that I, fingers crossed, knocking on wood, throwing salt over my

shoulder, all of the different superstitions that you do to ward off unlucky events?

I'm doing all those right now as we speak.

What is the one mammal that I haven't had to deal with yet here at the homestead?

It would be the trusty squirrel.

Honestly, they're cute, they're amazing, but as a gardener, you always know that the

things that look cute and amazing can become the evil enemies that maybe the devil himself

has conjured up for you in the garden because they can wreck your life.

And I know this from my experience with raccoons recently that are climbing up my telephone

poles, watching me taunting me, and then waiting until I go to sleep to dig up my garlic.

I love them, they look cute, but they are little devils in the garden.

So today's question comes from Merah, who is wondering how to protect their fruit trees

from squirrels.

Hi, Kevin.

I'm wondering how to protect fruit trees from squirrels.

Neighbors, fruit trees can't even reach maturity before the squirrels get to it.

Thank you so much.

Bye.

So I'm going to go over a few different options in various sort of tactics.

Some are environmental controls, some are sprays, things like that.

And I'm going to go over the one that I think is probably the best one and it just so happens

to be in tune with an overall garden plan in general.

...