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Well, every year I post this, it seems.

I have used the mothball treatment very successfully. Have to assume that the squirrels and the chipmunks just can't stand the smell of the stuff up close.

The odor is not all that bad in my garden, and the mothballs are wide open to the air.

I place several mothballs in small clay pots and put the pots on my tables and benches. I have to renew thwm once or twice a growing season, but the critters stay away.

4-Apr-2008	#26
jfecme bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Mar-2005 Location: Georgia Country: USA USDA Zone: 7A AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 318	Well, every year I post this, it seems. I have used the mothball treatment very successfully. Have to assume that the squirrels and the chipmunks just can't stand the smell of the stuff up close. The odor is not all that bad in my garden, and the mothballs are wide open to the air. I place several mothballs in small clay pots and put the pots on my tables and benches. I have to renew thwm once or twice a growing season, but the critters stay away. __________________ Over 25 years experience - good and bad, and still learning!