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Homes & Gardens
Tenielle Jordison

Ground squirrels ripping up your garden? Pest control experts swear by this one hack to prevent further damage – and it costs less than $15

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Ground squirrels are currently running rampant across many urban and agricultural areas of the US. These rodents may look just like the tree squirrels you're used to seeing, but instead, they burrow into the ground and cause significant damage to plants and infrastructure.

Although you can use some of the methods to get rid of squirrels, the behaviour of ground squirrels requires some different approaches to be fully effective. The truth is ground squirrels can be hard to tackle, especially when they have established burrows underground in your yard. However, there is one hack pest control experts swear by to stop ground squirrel damage and discourage them from returning – using mesh as a physical barrier.

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