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How to Keep Squirrels Out of Raised Garden Beds

By Dolly E. Pearce 1 month ago

Table of Contents

  • How to Make a Raised Garden Bed Squirrel Proof
    • supplies needed:
  • How to Squirrel Proof Tomato Cages
  • Video: How-to Make Raised Garden Bed Covers
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How to keep squirrels and birds out of your garden

Are you planning or planting your vegetable garden this year and need a way to keep pesky squirrels out of your raised garden beds so they can’t go digging for seeds or eat growing plants? I have an easy and inexpensive DIY solution for you. It will keep squirrels, as well as birds and deer out of your vegetable garden without harming them.

Last spring, Ed and I started a vegetable garden in our side yard.

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In my mind, I would have loved a garden house like this, but I had to be realistic.

Kitchen Garden in yard with elevated beds.

Instead we created a very functional and easy to access kitchen garden using 4 elevated garden beds that I stained, two metal arches and 4 round barrel-style planters. We covered the area with a layer of pine straw mulch.

Lettuce and red cabbage growing in elevated beds in kitchen garden.

We had some growing successes – a few varieties of kale, carrots, and lettuce. But a few fails as the summer went on that we mainly attributed to squirrels burying their nuts and looking for seeds as well as birds making their meals out of the garden.

Since the planters are elevated – we didn’t have any rodents, mice, or moles which is a good thing.

This year we had to come up with an easy way to protect the elevated garden beds from the squirrels and birds with physical barriers rather than repelling them with chemicals or a natural squirrel repellents that would have to be resprayed often.

We also didn’t think a sprinkler, fence or noisemakers made out of aluminum foil or shiny discs would deter them for the long run.

After doing some research, I liked what an Australian gardener I found on YouTube did to deter pests from getting in his raised garden beds.

We didn’t create the barriers for the raised planters exactly the same way he did, but came pretty close

How to Make a Raised Garden Bed Squirrel Proof

To keep squirrels and other critters out of the raised beds, we used a few items from the home improvement store.

close up of how hoops and netting look to keep birds and squirrels out of raised garden beds

It took Ed and me about an hour to squirrel proof planters and keep the garden planters from becoming bird feeders again this year.

supplies needed:

  • 4-ft Bamboo stakes – we used 7 cut sections for each elevated bed.
  • Drip irrigation hose or soaker house with no ends – I used this brown hose to match my elevated planters.
  • Squirrel netting for garden, plastic bird netting or chicken wire.
  • 4″ Plastic spring clamps
  • Sharp craft knife or cutting shears
  • Cable ties or twist ties
  • Hacksaw or power saw

Time needed: 1 hour and 30 minutes.

How to Keep Squirrels Out of Raised Beds

  1. Measure Raised Beds or Planter

    To figure out how many hoops and how much netting or chicken wire you will need, measure the width and depth of the garden bed. Also consider how tall you want each hoop to be so tall growing vegetables will have plenty of space to grow.

    We cut the hose into 6-ft long sections which made the hoop 30-inches high.

  2. Cut Bamboo Stakes

    Using a hacksaw, cut the stakes to the size needed.

  3. Place Cut Stakes in Planter

    Place one stake vertically in each corner of the planter and one spaced along the center outer edge on each side of the planter.

  4. Place Hose Over Bamboo Stakes to Create Hoops

    Place one end of the cut to length hose over a bamboo stake and the the other end over the stake across the planter from it.

    Repeat for the other stakes. Each bamboo stake will be covered by the hose.

    where to place stakes and hose in garden planter.

  5. Attach Top Stake

    Using cable or twist ties – attach another stake horizontally across the top of the hoops.

    Cut excess tie away.

    3 hoops fill each raised garden box to keep out squirrels and birds

  6. Cut Squirrel Netting

    Cut the squirrel or bird netting to the size needed to drape over the hoops and long enough to fall just past the top of the planter.

    how to attach bamboo stake to hoop to protect garden from pests.

  7. Pull Netting Taut

    Pull the netting taut to each side and the ends of the planter. You may have to bunch or twist the excess netting together to create a taut fit. Use spring clamps to hold the netting taut and in place. Keeping the netting taut will eliminate birds getting stuck in the netting.

    Note: There is better netting than what we used that is safer for birds. You can find it in the resources section at the end of this post.

    Squirrel proofing garden. Collard greens growing in raised garden.

Hoops and netting to keep squirrels out of raised beds.

When pulling the netting taut, the hoops may lean, but that doesn’t effect the functionality of the protective barrier.

How to Squirrel Proof Tomato Cages

We also had to build squirrel proof tomato cages that would not only keep them out, but their bird pals also.

protecting tomato plants from squirrels and birds

We cut hardware cloth to size and wrapped it around the inside diameter of the barrel planters. In the planter is one tomato plant surrounded by a tomato cage for it to grow on.

We still are deciding on cutting circles from the hardware cloth to place on top as a lid and then use the tips of the wire to attach to the vertical hardware cloth. We could also cover with bird netting and clamp it taut.

Do you have a vegetable garden? How do you keep birds and squirrels out of your garden?

Video: How-to Make Raised Garden Bed Covers

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