Keep Away Garden Pests
Squirrels, rats, and raccoons are frequent, rather destructive, visitors. I utilize my 'hot tea' brew to repel these critters from my favorite
plants, especially Tulip bulbs which are a squirrel delicacy.
Recipe for Hot Tea:
* a handful of peeled garlic cloves - put in a plastic bag and smash into bits with a hammer
* 3 hot
peppers chopped OR 1 tbsp hot
pepper flakes
* 1 quart hot water
Combine in a glass jar and allow to brew one week in a warm place. Strain the sediment (can use again for one more new batch) and pour brew in a spray bottle. Add 3 drops of liquid dishwasher soap (to prevent spray bottle from clogging) and spray outside on
plants.
I also spray the foliage of my houseplants with this
'hot tea' to prevent my cats from chewing on the leaves. One word of caution: take the
plants outside when you apply the 'hot tea'!!! Otherwise your whole house will reek of garlic!
This has worked like a wonder. It also works if you find mole tunnels while working in the yard. I spray some of this mixture into the walls of the tunnel before sealing it, and the moles do not return. - E. G. of Seattle, WA
I've got almost every 
) I don't want to risk using poison....far too many other critters around. I just want them to leave my potted 
, Gingers 
, and Ledebourias 
....HELP!!!!! I don't want to encourage them to come here by putting out food for them....there is a huge amount of them in this neighborhood. They even break into the house next door! No one lives there...can you imagine what it must look like in there??? 
