Four days in and I’m already running into the problem of “what do I do with all these strawberries?!” Feels good.
The covers are my own design with copper pressure treated 2x2s and with black vinyl coated steel hardware cloth stapled into place. They slide on quite easily and leave no opportunity for squirrel, catbirds, rabbits, or chipmunks to make their way in. The one of the far left isn’t sitting flush but that’s just because I was too excited to take the photo, it fits tightly against the top of the raised bed.
sam_tiago
Now you need a squirrel patch.. It’s better to share 😉
PlantHarvestCookEat
Very impressive design!
Zealousideal_Link839
Now im going to send you down the motion sensor sprinkler rabbit hole to really piss the nut lubbers
root-vegetables
Are bees still able to get through and pollinate? I’ve been wanting to build something similar but didn’t want to accidentally block out the bees & other pollinators.
Expensive_Upstairs46
Very nice though. Keep up the good work.
susieqanon1
What zone grows such good strawberries?
miurabucho
“You have won the battle today, sir, but not the war!”
draconianfruitbat
I would 100% watch a trailcam stream of their performance
earthlingjim
Awesome. I have an agreement with my squirrels… I keep growing safely accessible sunflowers in abundance, and I eat the strawberries.
Rude_Thought_9988
Great job! I made mine out of chicken wire. My enclosures along with squirrelnator traps have massively cutdown backyard furry rat population. This is my payback after they destroyed hundreds of dollars worth of my produce last year.
Tarantula_Saurus_Rex
I’m living vicariously through you enjoying both your beautiful strawberry cages and the rage of the squirrels. They’ll get me back though when they systematically dig a thousand holes in my yard recovering all the loot they buried last fall. I would love to grow strawberries like these (zone 6b) but I have too many oak trees! Congratulations and happy picking.
vlsdo
my squirrels and even my rabbits haven’t figured out strawberries are good yet; I saved this post for when they *do* figure that out, because there’s no going back from that
Swampfxx
I use nets like this, but I still like to pull out the pellet gun sometimes. Squirrel stew
Gullible-Lake-2119
squirrels are evil for this and countless other reasons i can list.
Moss-cle
I live for squirrel rage. Bastards
cell_driving_car
What’s your address, so I can bring those sweet babies some berries?
Eclipsed_Tranquility
Goals. I’ve got two planters with a few plants each that have steadily been putting out the past couple of months down in 9b. I can’t imagine what I’d do with this many, but I know I’d be happy about it.
BadPom
Please buy them critter feed and a tray feeder I wuvs them 😭
Chance-Yoghurt3186
My mom got attacked by a squirrel when she stopped feeding it, watch your back.
limpnoads
Fyi, hope you don’t have ground squirrels, because that’s not stopping anything pertaining to them.🤣
snekdood
muahahahahahahaa
Fawnet
Good job!
nikitasenorita
Fuck the squirrels! Nice job!
davidgoldstein2023
My dog has been the best deterrent for squirrels so far. She patrols the yard and they finally tested her. She caught the one who was brave enough to venture onto the grass and ceremoniously killed it in front of the other squirrels. They haven’t returned.
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Four days in and I’m already running into the problem of “what do I do with all these strawberries?!” Feels good.
The covers are my own design with copper pressure treated 2x2s and with black vinyl coated steel hardware cloth stapled into place. They slide on quite easily and leave no opportunity for squirrel, catbirds, rabbits, or chipmunks to make their way in. The one of the far left isn’t sitting flush but that’s just because I was too excited to take the photo, it fits tightly against the top of the raised bed.
Now you need a squirrel patch.. It’s better to share 😉
Very impressive design!
Now im going to send you down the motion sensor sprinkler rabbit hole to really piss the nut lubbers
Are bees still able to get through and pollinate? I’ve been wanting to build something similar but didn’t want to accidentally block out the bees & other pollinators.
Very nice though. Keep up the good work.
What zone grows such good strawberries?
“You have won the battle today, sir, but not the war!”
I would 100% watch a trailcam stream of their performance
Awesome. I have an agreement with my squirrels… I keep growing safely accessible sunflowers in abundance, and I eat the strawberries.
Great job! I made mine out of chicken wire. My enclosures along with squirrelnator traps have massively cutdown backyard furry rat population. This is my payback after they destroyed hundreds of dollars worth of my produce last year.
I’m living vicariously through you enjoying both your beautiful strawberry cages and the rage of the squirrels. They’ll get me back though when they systematically dig a thousand holes in my yard recovering all the loot they buried last fall. I would love to grow strawberries like these (zone 6b) but I have too many oak trees! Congratulations and happy picking.
my squirrels and even my rabbits haven’t figured out strawberries are good yet; I saved this post for when they *do* figure that out, because there’s no going back from that
I use nets like this, but I still like to pull out the pellet gun sometimes. Squirrel stew
squirrels are evil for this and countless other reasons i can list.
I live for squirrel rage. Bastards
What’s your address, so I can bring those sweet babies some berries?
Goals. I’ve got two planters with a few plants each that have steadily been putting out the past couple of months down in 9b. I can’t imagine what I’d do with this many, but I know I’d be happy about it.
Please buy them critter feed and a tray feeder I wuvs them 😭
My mom got attacked by a squirrel when she stopped feeding it, watch your back.
Fyi, hope you don’t have ground squirrels, because that’s not stopping anything pertaining to them.🤣
muahahahahahahaa
Good job!
Fuck the squirrels! Nice job!
My dog has been the best deterrent for squirrels so far. She patrols the yard and they finally tested her. She caught the one who was brave enough to venture onto the grass and ceremoniously killed it in front of the other squirrels. They haven’t returned.