grey squirals

Hi, does anybody else on here have a Squiral or squirals that you have to share you garden with?
I don't really mind I like squirals even grey ones, have kind of got to know it over the past year or so. They dig my lawn and boarders up on a daily basis to bury there nuts and stuff which is no big deal but it does test my patience when it pulls up my native seedlings and throws them to one side to bury a piece of wood in its place!

How do other people feel about grey squirals in their garden?
Thanks :-)

 

I would happily feed them if they ate the food and not bury it in my pots! They seem to be quite greedy to me they never stop looking for food digging and hiding food...but then what else is there to do for a Squiral? Lol

 

Lmao! Some guy round hear fed his Squiral untill it was HUGE. Then sent a picture of it into the local news paper lol it looked really funny I tried it too but it backfired and my lawn started to look like no man's land :D...could never eat them though! Lol

 

Cover your garden in strong chilli, they can't stand it. This also works on bird feeders if they're eating your bird food.

 

I had squirrels in my previous garden, living in the huge oaks at the bottom. I didn't find them to much of a problem though.

Below a couple of pics my daughter took recently in Canada.

 

International garden terrorists! But they are so cute, just wish they would not dig everything up in such a messy way.
The chili powder idea is interesting, I mite just spread it around my small pots but I guess the rain will soon wash it away. It's a love/hate relationship.

 

If they're digging up pots you could always try covering them with wire mesh and allowing the plants to grow up through that. Not amazingly attractive but it'd stop them getting in.

 

Thanks kkk
I do try to do that now but iv got that many pots and trays and different sizes It's a bit easier said than done, if I plant something new out and forget to cover it they go digging. Sometimes I have no bother from them for ages and forget about them and then suddenly they go on a mad rampage.
Unless It's a coincidence, I don't think they like to dig in pots that get moved a lot. I assume this is so they can remember where food they bury is..but again I can't keep mixing pots up every day :D sometimes I spray them with a hose pipe when I'm frustrated.

 

I do that with labourers