Discover six mistakes attracting squirrels to your yard. You can resolve them easily and keep these troublesome critters away from precious plants in your yard.

Squirrels dig small holes for food storage, preparing for winter to retrieve them later. Look for tiny, shallow holes without raised soil - a sign of squirrels, not moles. Remove food sources, ...

DEAR JOAN: I just returned from throwing a baseball at a squirrel voraciously digging deep into my once beautiful lawn. I presumed at first they were digging for nuts they buried for the winter. The ...

Gardening should feel relaxing, but that calm evaporates the moment you spot tiny craters scattered across your carefully tended beds. One day everything looks perfect, and the next it seems like a ...

Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs. To deter digging pests, gardeners can use chicken wire, plant more bulbs than ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Folklore holds that when squirrels are ...

Squirrels are a nuisance and frustration for many gardeners when the animals dig up newly planted tulip and crocus bulbs. They are attracted to the freshly dug earth after you plant your bulbs and can ...

Chances are your neighborhood squirrels are to blame. "Tree squirrels have the instinct to bury and cache food for later use," says Robert Pierce, PhD, associate professor and state extension ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A squirrel sitting on a tree stump contemplating his attack on your garden. - Gordon Magee/Shutterstock Squirrels might look cute ...

DEAR JOAN: I just returned from throwing a baseball at a squirrel voraciously digging deep into my once beautiful lawn. I presumed at first they were digging for nuts they buried for the winter. The ...