That sinking feeling that comes when you survey your garden in the morning, only to find it chomped and rooted to pieces. When squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks see a cat, they think twice about invading. Remove brush and woodpiles from gardens, flowerbeds, ditches and other areas of your landscape.
Chipmunks are perhaps cuter than they are harmful, but can still cause damage in the garden.
Birds Birds dive bomb your tomatoes, scarf down your blueberries and make off with your figs before you can harvest them. Here are some solid scare tactics. Cover your plants with a fine mesh or netting. Prune your trees so that they don't offer much shelter or nesting places. Scare them away with a scarecrow or plastic snakes and owls.