Garden Pest Control Solutions

Special Problems:
Squirrel Control
Armadillo Control
Bird Control
Cat Pest Control
Chipmunk Control
Deer Control
Dog Control

Electric Fencing:
Mr. McGregor’s Fence Kits® (100 feet)
Mr. McGregor’s Fence Extender Kit (50 feet)
Accessories and Components

Flower Garden Problems
Gas Bomb (see Smoke Bomb)
Gopher (Pocket Gopher) Control
Ground hog (Woodchuck) Control
Mole Control

Netting for Garden Pest Control:
Bird-X® Netting
Ornamental Garden Problems
Pocket Gopher Control
Porcupine Control
Problems and Solutions for Garden Pests
Rabbit Control
Raccoon Control

Repellants:
Ro-pel®, General Repellent
Dog and Cat Repellent
Mole and Gopher Repellent
Skunk Control

Smoke Bomb:
The Giant Destroyer®

Traps:
Havahart Live Traps
Mole Traps

Ultrasonic Devices:
Animal Away™ Ultrasonic Repeller
Yard Gard Ultrasonic Repeller

Water Sprayers:
Scarecrow Havahart Water Sprayers
Critter Sentry™

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Flower and Ornamental Gardens
Vegetable Gardens

Keeping Animals and Birds Out of Flower and Ornamental Gardens

Flower and ornamental plant gardeners want to show their gardens. So in most cases fences (both electric fences and barrier fences) are not an option. For this reason, the best remedy available to protect most flower and ornamental gardens is repellents. There are lots of repellents to choose from. One of those that is effective and is labeled for a wide range of animals is named Ro-pel®. This repellent won’t harm plants and has no objectionable smell. It acts by imparting a bitter taste to the plants sprayed and it works on just about any above-ground plant-eating creature–including birds, chipmunks, deer, ground hogs, opossums, porcupines, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and woodchucks.

Creatures that Ro-pel® cannot repel include cats and dogs (because they don’t eat plants) and moles, voles, and pocket gophers (because they operate mostly or entirely underground). To deal with dogs and cats, a granular repellent can be spread on flower gardens and lawns. This effectively banishes dogs and cats without harming the plants. To cope with moles and voles use Mole Out, a mole and vole repellent with a well-established reputation for being effective. And to cope with pocket gophers (sometimes just called gophers) as well as moles use Shotgun® Mole and G opher Repellent.

As alternatives, or as backups to these repellents, consider a wide range of other pest control methods. These include live traps for chipmunks, ground hogs, moles, opossums, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and woodchucks; smoke bombs for ground hogs, moles, pocket gophers, rabbits, and woodchucks; ultrasonic devices for armadillos, cats, dogs, opossums, raccoons, and skunks; and the “Scarecrow” , a motion-activated water-sprayer that scares off a wide range of creatures including birds, cats, deer, dogs, opossums, porcupines, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels. You can reach any of the above groups of products in this catalog by clicking on the underlined name.

Keeping Animals and Birds Out of Vegetable Gardens*
In contrast to flower gardeners, vegetable gardeners do poorly with repellents. Some critters will overcome their aversion to repellents; vegetables grow fast, and untreated new shoots are very tasty; gardeners don’t want their vegetables tasting bitter; and many repellents (including the bitter-tasting ones) should not be used on edibles.

For these reasons the vegetable gardener needs a fence that will repel all creatures. The one fence designed to do precisely that job is Mr. McGregor’s Fence®. This powerful yet economical device puts a low barrier fence just behind two pet-safe, child-safe charged wires–so that a small animal seeking to go over or under the barrier will come into good contact with the charged wires, get zapped, and go home. Since animals are terrified by electricity much more than by repellents, this answer is 100% effective all of the time against virtually everything–armadillos, cats, dogs, ground hogs, opossums, porcupines, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and woodchucks. Mr. McGregor’s Fence® can also be made to repel deer if one starts early in the season (see explanation on catalog electric fence page) and with one minor amendment (a squirrel barrier) can be made proof against chipmunks and squirrels.

Mr. McGregor’s Fence® cannot deal with flying birds or with underground moles, voles, and pocket gophers. However, birds can be managed with netting and water sprayers; moles can be killed with specialized traps; and moles, voles, and pocket gophers can be kept out with repellents applied to the ground or placed around the garden’s perimeter.

As alternatives, or as backups to these devices and repellents, a wide range of other pest control methods are available. As noted in the previous section, these include live traps (for chipmunks, ground hogs, opossums, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and woodchucks); smoke bombs (for ground hogs, moles, pocket gophers, rabbits, and woodchucks); water sprayers (for small animals as well as birds); and ultrasonic devices. You can reach any of the above groups of products in this catalog by clicking on the underlined name.