Protecting Your Garden From Intruders

One of the best parts of tending a garden is watching it grow! But maintaining a garden can be difficult when critters are creeping in and destroying your precious plants. No one wants to see their hard work destroyed by a rabbit, groundhog, deer or possum!

In North Branford, Connecticut there are plenty of wild animals that can wreak havoc on a garden if it is not protected properly. You spend hours planting and weeding only to have your plants picked over by deer or munched on by wild rabbits - no good! That’s why to maintain a successful garden you need to add some protection against whatever kind of animal you find causes the most damage.

Here are a few of the protective elements that you will find helpful…

Wire Fencing

If you have a garden that is not fenced in it’s exposed to a number of different wild animals that will see it as a meal! A simple 3-foot mesh wire fence is a great choice for an affordable but effective garden fence. This wire fence is tall enough to keep out most critters if it’s installed properly with no gaps. This is a great choice if rabbits or a similarly sized animal are your main garden pest!

Bird Spikes

If you find that birds are your biggest problem you might want to try installing bird spikes to the top of your fence. Bird spikes are used on fences, roofs and awnings so that birds will not sit or perch in that area. If they cannot comfortably sit they cannot poop on or peck away at your plants.

Cage Traps

Do you have a larger pest that will not go away like a groundhog, racoon, or cat? This might call for a cage trap. These simple traps can be set outdoors to trap the animal so it can be safely relocated far away from your home or at a cat shelter. You can use this if you have one persistent pest that is getting around your other methods of protection - just be sure to release far enough away so you won’t have to worry about trapping them again.

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Country Paint And Hardware is your locally owned hardware store. Give us a call at (203) 481-5255 or shop online and pick up in store at 2410 Foxon Road, North Branford, CT.