I laughed and laughed when I saw this. The amount of inventions we have to make as humans to protect our food. I had to do this with locust until i find a solution to get rid of them.
We injected some of our tomatoes with hot sauce one year, thinking a human predator was stealing them. It turned out to be raccoons and raccoons hate hot sauce. Nowadays I trap them with cat food in a live trap. They hate that, too.
Funny to watch those raccoons. The threat is real. MICE have been my tomato problem this past spring. Was Getting 1-2 dozen cherry tomatoes per day down to Zero per day. Heart breaking but I will grow everything inside my pool screen this fall. Fl is very hot and mice have not messed with my Okra. I but out bait each night to protect all my sweet potatoes. Working so far. Thank you.
Well Done you, we don't have racoons here in Australia but we have huge possums who wreck everything, I got up one morning and my lemon, apple, orangea nd carob trees where all shredded such a waste, I like the way you persisted
Nice save!!! Persistence always pays off!! Sorry about your cherries in the hex bed. That is usually a HUGE plant and harvest for you. More tulle!!!!! I enjoyed the fig cloning video too. Wish I had done that with mine before I moved from my suburban neighborhood to the country in November. Now I can’t afford a fig tree. They are pricey!!! Hey Squeak!!!
I have had my own raccoon problems. I tried havahart trapping, I tried discouraging them with air rifles. What worked was very simple: dog-proof traps baited with seafood flavored cat food, then dispatch with a .22 bolt. Relocating them just makes them someone else's problem: once a raccoon or any other nuisance has learned to predate on people, it will continue to do so. If you think I'm being harsh: I spent thousands putting a new roof on my house and in < 3 months raccoons had torn a hole in it. After I euthanized four of them, the problem was over. My humane/sublethal efforts had gone on for five years. I wish I had started trap/kill earlier.
The fence is great, but just put a big bowl of dried cheap dog food out? They will eat that instead of trying to get through that tough to climb fence🤷🏼♂️
Totally fun to see your trail camera videos of the raccoon efforts to attack your veggies. I live on a 20 acre homestead here in Jackson, MS and have an over abundance of raccoons, along with dozens of other critters who enjoy eating in my organic garden if I let them. So it is a constant battle. One thing that works well for me is removal of as many of the pests as I can. Trapping is allowed in my state for 4 1/2 months out of the year, so I do trap raccoons, possums, and other pesky critters on my land. I don't actually set the traps inside my garden but do set a ring of them around the perimeter of my yard where the woods meets. Raccoons are very easy to trap. It is also legal to hunt raccoons for about 8 months of the year, so I sometimes do that too. Keeping the population density down really helps as they are not nearly as likely to venture into my garden when there is an abundance of natural foods with less competition in the woods. Same thing for possums, skunks, and other pests. It's pretty difficult to fence out a raccoon. Eventually if they want in bad enough they will resort to digging under your fences. Raccoons work as a team and if one manages to find a spot to get in, then they will show the others and even help them to get inside too. They are very smart critters but as I said, very easy to trap because they cannot resist free food. Cat food works extremely well in a "dog proof" trap. Note that these traps ARE NOT cat proof however so if your cat is allowed out at night, then bait the traps with marshmallows. Raccoons love them but cats won't eat them. At least my cat won't!
My cat Stormy, who is almost a carbon copy of Squeak, seemed interested in whatever Squeak had to say at the beginning of the video (and at the end too). Her eyes were glued to the screen. 😹😹 Maybe if you use some of those tomatoes to make a nice sauce and make the raccoons a nice plate of pasta as a peace offering they will be satisfied and go away? 😆😆
Glad you were able to keep some of the racoons out of some of your garden! Have you tried some motion sensor gadget that makes a noise when they come near?
A suggestion: using flat thin metal sheeting, cut it in a triangle & big/wide enough that the edges extends beyond their reach. Attach one to each t-post. So the surface is to slick for them to get a grip, & it is too wide for them to catch the edge to boost themselves up. Don’t know if those metal bird spikes attached around the tops of the post would maybe help to deter them also. Just some thoughts. Do you have any suggestions on keeping squirrels out of. A. Garden?
My sister feeds her raccoons cat food nightly, they leave her garden alone! At times she feeds a bunch other nights there’s just a few, she gets a random opossum too! Lol it’s kinda costly but it keeps them out of her veggies!! Lol love your videos!!
@@BubbleBeet yes lol that might not be good! I did think of that! She lives in town by a creek so there is probably just a smaller colony! I’ll trade you raccoons for my grass hopper problem! Lol Gah the challenges of gardening!!! Can’t wait to see how you overcome these guys!
I have some neighborhood raccoons that have decided to make an area of my yard their toilet. I’ve tried a few different things. Do you have any ideas to stop this behavior? I’ve started laying pieces of chicken wire across the grass that seems to deter them, when I pick up the wire they come back .I’m tired of chicken wire on my grass.
I’ve heard of people who have what they call a “sacrificial garden” that’s an easier target than a fenced up anti-critter garden. The critters choose it instead of trying to get in the main garden and go on their way.
You're turning into quite the Mark Rober here! (see his ninja squirrels video) Next thing you know, you're building a raccoon parkour course around your garden. :-) Squeak enjoys this season. What did you do with your other tomatoes and zucchini, did they already get eaten by the deer and raccoons?
Have you tried planting a few sacrificial areas out at the property edge? Easy pickins that you don't care about may keep them away from your home. -KJ
Racoons are about the smartest critters out there. I'm surprised they didn't make a trampoline out of that. However you're a genius. At least for now. Oops.. spoke too soon as I typed while watching where one got in. But it could still work. I think you need to try bright lights motion detectors or plant some outside the garden as sacrificial if this fails.
Ive had a garden for 4 years now and they have never went near my garden but they do eat all my feral cat food, so I started putting epsom salt around their cat food that seems to work
How about set up tomato+whatever they like to eat stations a bit outside the gardens. If they are full, they will leave your garden alone, or eat much less inside. That is how I used to deal with squirrels and 3 giant fuyu persimmon trees. The birds pretty much stuck to the top but the squirrels would run along a block wall right next to the trees. The trees always had more than enough fruit but of course, the squirrels would take a nibble off of lots of fruit, which was annoying. So I put lots of ripe fruit along that fence and the squirrels rarely bothered climbing the trees. I think in the 10 years I did that, I only caught 1 squirrel in the tree. They used to run along the wall, sit and eat the persimmons I left for them, and run off to their much bigger street trees. I kind of have sacrificial plants, so you could try some sacrificial food. They seem to really like the tomatoes, so maybe put a few groupings of those along their route? I love your salads and how you process your food. Squeak is really enjoying the summer!
Just followed…gardener-pet owner-teacher of a wildlife reserve (wonderful)…. I luv my raccoons, 40yrs same family…why not put a roll bar on top, maybe 2in-4in pvc, just thinking …. Great vids, just binge watched a bunch from you…trying to get motivated
Just a thought or two - I've had better success with the black 1/2" bird netting - just working with it is a trial. Add another 8" to 10" piece of wood to the frame at the end to make it a upside down U shape and staple the netting on. I'm having a problem with chipmunks - I've got six Big Beef, Red Snapper and Celebrity plants loaded with one pound tomatoes - so far Chipmunks 12 - Angus 1 and with the heat spell they stopped blooming. I have Samantha (Sam) that is Squeaks double.
Interesting experiment. Ha! I was thinking maybe constructing an angled barrier all around the upper edge of the fence would work. Perhaps maybe with hardie-board siding; angled in such a way that they cannot reach the edges of the hardieboard.
Get some chicken wire and cut a 3-4 foot long section, then cut that into long strips, if you cut across the middle of a circle on each side leaving the middle wire and you basically make a long spikey strip of barbed wire, then you the weave pieces threw your fencing where you see them climbing, Racoon's have strong but soft hands like us, they don't like touching pokey things, I also use solar motion lights they like the dark and don't care for being lit up by 10 spotlights blinding them. i also use a 2 stage fence system, Deer also do not like 2 stage fencing because the want a clear area over the fence to land when they jump , if a second fence is close within about 3 feet they think they can't land so they won't jump the first fence.
hi, i might electrify eventually. a downside is it costs hundreds of dollars and a bunch of time setting it up. if i can get away with this current setup id be happy. thx
You need to really spray water on the fruit to wash them off because raccoons have a bad worm that lays eggs and those eggs can land on your fruit and if you ingest those eggs, you can really be in trouble.
A 10’x10’ open topped dog lot with a snipers perch/ladder to the house or barn roof , an open can of cat food and mag dump the little monsters. It works for sure. Climbing out of the lot slows them down enough so you can get them all. After 8 hens killed vengeance became the order of the day.
Hi Bubble Beat, I've been watching your videos for quite some time. We've had cattle for many years here in Australia n it's quite legal to have our cattle fences electrified to keep out the kangaroos, foxes n other predators, n keep our cattle in. The voltage isn't set to kill any animal, just shock it from its mischief from eating prime grass n hay meant for our animals. Why don't you wire your fence? It uses minimal electricity n you'll be devoid of this constant challenge which seems to have grown into a problem. Please do comment as your hobby farming laws could be very different to ours. Kindest regards, Gill 🦘
Get a balloon put Cayenne pepper in side of it and blow it up ty off and hang from fence and put peanut butter on the out side at the bottom and when they break it Cayenne will be all over them and they will not come back ,
Maybe you can throw some seeds out away from your garden and grow them some veggie plants that they can eat from. You seem to be able to grow anything and an abundance. Poor things, they're just hungry
Offering them food does not help. It makes it worse. They bring a family and friends. Last your they harvested ALL MU PERSIMMONS. Not single one left for me. This year - a total cucumber devastation.
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Thank you. These are most helpful. Blessings to you and your family. 💕
Determination with the racoon setup has rewarded you. Fun watching you figure out how to battle them. Hi Squeak.
The raccoons be like, "man, this fencing is getting more complicated every night"
I laughed and laughed when I saw this. The amount of inventions we have to make as humans to protect our food. I had to do this with locust until i find a solution to get rid of them.
😂
The raccoons are both hilarious and nefarious. Nice of that raccoon in the hex bed to stare directly at your camera while munching on tomatoes!
Thanks for the update on your critter issues. Dang they are clever little things!
Cool way of keeping them thar varmints out, but the cat is my favorite, looks identical to mine!🐱👍❗
Wow--it worked! Congratulations! Such a simple, cost-effective, and humane solution!
There was a lot to like in this video, and very helpful!
Thank you! This is just what I needed! They've been devastating my garden for a couple of years.
WooHoo, you did it!
I knew you would!
Love figs!
We injected some of our tomatoes with hot sauce one year, thinking a human predator was stealing them. It turned out to be raccoons and raccoons hate hot sauce. Nowadays I trap them with cat food in a live trap. They hate that, too.
Again, thanks so much. I usually go out with my rake and broom. Bless.
Amazing. Love it. Hi Squeak. Good to see you today.
Yeah!👍Howdy to Squeak!🐈⬛
I am Korean
I always look forward to your videos
Cats are so cute, too
Please post it often
Boy, they sure are a nuisance. 🦝 Figs look delicious! Have a nice week!🌞
They are so crafty😆
Funny to watch those raccoons. The threat is real. MICE have been my tomato problem this past spring. Was Getting 1-2 dozen cherry tomatoes per day down to Zero per day. Heart breaking but I will grow everything inside my pool screen this fall. Fl is very hot and mice have not messed with my Okra. I but out bait each night to protect all my sweet potatoes. Working so far. Thank you.
Great video, thanks so much
Well Done you, we don't have racoons here in Australia but we have huge possums who wreck everything, I got up one morning and my lemon, apple, orangea nd carob trees where all shredded such a waste, I like the way you persisted
awesome bro. you docta again
Great improve
Nice save!!! Persistence always pays off!! Sorry about your cherries in the hex bed. That is usually a HUGE plant and harvest for you. More tulle!!!!! I enjoyed the fig cloning video too. Wish I had done that with mine before I moved from my suburban neighborhood to the country in November. Now I can’t afford a fig tree. They are pricey!!!
Hey Squeak!!!
Thanks 👍 :)
Great work!
I have had my own raccoon problems. I tried havahart trapping, I tried discouraging them with air rifles. What worked was very simple: dog-proof traps baited with seafood flavored cat food, then dispatch with a .22 bolt. Relocating them just makes them someone else's problem: once a raccoon or any other nuisance has learned to predate on people, it will continue to do so. If you think I'm being harsh: I spent thousands putting a new roof on my house and in < 3 months raccoons had torn a hole in it. After I euthanized four of them, the problem was over. My humane/sublethal efforts had gone on for five years. I wish I had started trap/kill earlier.
I like the idea but I’d have to take down in winter the snow would weigh it down. Considering two strands electric fence this year.
The fence is great, but just put a big bowl of dried cheap dog food out? They will eat that instead of trying to get through that tough to climb fence🤷🏼♂️
Great job and idea!.. 👏👏👏👏☺️🥰
Convert it into electric fence
Dang, This makes me want a glass greenhouse.
Great video. I like that contraption over the yellow squash. Where did you get it? Perfect foil for squirrels. Thank u😊
Wow...you did it so well. Hope they dont destroy your tomatoes anymore.
Yummy. Thanks 😁🎉
Totally fun to see your trail camera videos of the raccoon efforts to attack your veggies. I live on a 20 acre homestead here in Jackson, MS and have an over abundance of raccoons, along with dozens of other critters who enjoy eating in my organic garden if I let them. So it is a constant battle.
One thing that works well for me is removal of as many of the pests as I can. Trapping is allowed in my state for 4 1/2 months out of the year, so I do trap raccoons, possums, and other pesky critters on my land. I don't actually set the traps inside my garden but do set a ring of them around the perimeter of my yard where the woods meets. Raccoons are very easy to trap.
It is also legal to hunt raccoons for about 8 months of the year, so I sometimes do that too. Keeping the population density down really helps as they are not nearly as likely to venture into my garden when there is an abundance of natural foods with less competition in the woods. Same thing for possums, skunks, and other pests.
It's pretty difficult to fence out a raccoon. Eventually if they want in bad enough they will resort to digging under your fences. Raccoons work as a team and if one manages to find a spot to get in, then they will show the others and even help them to get inside too. They are very smart critters but as I said, very easy to trap because they cannot resist free food. Cat food works extremely well in a "dog proof" trap. Note that these traps ARE NOT cat proof however so if your cat is allowed out at night, then bait the traps with marshmallows. Raccoons love them but cats won't eat them. At least my cat won't!
My cat Stormy, who is almost a carbon copy of Squeak, seemed interested in whatever Squeak had to say at the beginning of the video (and at the end too). Her eyes were glued to the screen. 😹😹 Maybe if you use some of those tomatoes to make a nice sauce and make the raccoons a nice plate of pasta as a peace offering they will be satisfied and go away? 😆😆
Wouldn’t one line of electrical fence at the top be the easiest? They make solar powered ones that are easy to install
just run an electric fence around the top and bottom and nothing should be able to get in.
Glad you were able to keep some of the racoons out of some of your garden! Have you tried some motion sensor gadget that makes a noise when they come near?
2 easy solutions. electric fence or trade your cat in for a dog.
Loose bird netting on top, they will get scared when their claws got stuck and don’t do it no more!
7:18 the raccoon be like damn it those veggies supposed to be mine LOL.
A suggestion: using flat thin metal sheeting, cut it in a triangle & big/wide enough that the edges extends beyond their reach. Attach one to each t-post. So the surface is to slick for them to get a grip, & it is too wide for them to catch the edge to boost themselves up. Don’t know if those metal bird spikes attached around the tops of the post would maybe help to deter them also. Just some thoughts. Do you have any suggestions on keeping squirrels out of. A. Garden?
Cayenne spray on all the plants and a line of it around the edge.
Sounds like a good idea. Having trouble visualizing what you describe, tho.
My sister feeds her raccoons cat food nightly, they leave her garden alone! At times she feeds a bunch other nights there’s just a few, she gets a random opossum too! Lol it’s kinda costly but it keeps them out of her veggies!! Lol love your videos!!
sounds interesting. but i think it'll cause more trouble. theyll start coming every night in larger packs and i'll spend more and more $$$.
@@BubbleBeet yes lol that might not be good! I did think of that! She lives in town by a creek so there is probably just a smaller colony!
I’ll trade you raccoons for my grass hopper problem! Lol Gah the challenges of gardening!!! Can’t wait to see how you overcome these guys!
Spray the tomatoes with cayenne or Carolina reaper powder
We've been using razorwire strategically. We have raccoons, mole, voles and deer. So we don't just have to protect overhead but also underbed as well.
Screw it! Just build a greenhouse! 😉😆
I have some neighborhood raccoons that have decided to make an area of my yard their toilet. I’ve tried a few different things. Do you have any ideas to stop this behavior? I’ve started laying pieces of chicken wire across the grass that seems to deter them, when I pick up the wire they come back .I’m tired of chicken wire on my grass.
Your tomatoes look great. What is your secret? I am in zone 6b, North Carolina.
I see people write "electric fence " but, Squeak likes going in the garden to chill too. I think and, hope what you are doing will deter them enough.
I didn’t know you could eat the flowers thanks
Did you try that strong sprinkler - solar power and motion start? From Amazon. It finally worked for me.
After they destroyed my cucs.
hi, yes i ahve a motion sprinkler. it works for deer but not on the raccoons.
set up live traps and give them swimming lessons !
They are so dang smart that’s the problem lol 😂
I’ve heard of people who have what they call a “sacrificial garden” that’s an easier target than a fenced up anti-critter garden. The critters choose it instead of trying to get in the main garden and go on their way.
You're turning into quite the Mark Rober here! (see his ninja squirrels video) Next thing you know, you're building a raccoon parkour course around your garden. :-) Squeak enjoys this season. What did you do with your other tomatoes and zucchini, did they already get eaten by the deer and raccoons?
Have you tried planting a few sacrificial areas out at the property edge?
Easy pickins that you don't care about may keep them away from your home. -KJ
hi, i dont think that works. once they smell the tomatoes theyre gonna try to infiltrate the main garden regardless.
@@BubbleBeet I meant sacrificial tomatoes, etc.
Maybe old seeds.?....
You could try barbwire around the corners they hate sharp things.
Racoons are about the smartest critters out there. I'm surprised they didn't make a trampoline out of that. However you're a genius. At least for now.
Oops.. spoke too soon as I typed while watching where one got in. But it could still work. I think you need to try bright lights motion detectors or plant some outside the garden as sacrificial if this fails.
I'm glad you have a temporary solution. I heard your grass crunching while you were walking. Are you in a drought? Give Squeak a pat for me.
hi, yes its been super dry this year. everything is crunchy dry
Món ớt chuông thật tuyệt vời, nhìn thấy có vẻ ngon
Ive had a garden for 4 years now and they have never went near my garden but they do eat all my feral cat food, so I started putting epsom salt around their cat food that seems to work
Holy Venus Fly Trap!!!
How about set up tomato+whatever they like to eat stations a bit outside the gardens. If they are full, they will leave your garden alone, or eat much less inside. That is how I used to deal with squirrels and 3 giant fuyu persimmon trees. The birds pretty much stuck to the top but the squirrels would run along a block wall right next to the trees. The trees always had more than enough fruit but of course, the squirrels would take a nibble off of lots of fruit, which was annoying. So I put lots of ripe fruit along that fence and the squirrels rarely bothered climbing the trees. I think in the 10 years I did that, I only caught 1 squirrel in the tree. They used to run along the wall, sit and eat the persimmons I left for them, and run off to their much bigger street trees.
I kind of have sacrificial plants, so you could try some sacrificial food. They seem to really like the tomatoes, so maybe put a few groupings of those along their route?
I love your salads and how you process your food. Squeak is really enjoying the summer!
QUESTION: That cage you have around the zucchini.... Do you keep it open for the pollinators and then cover at night?
He fertilize manually the zucchini. Grabs the pollen of the male flower and rubbed it onto the female one.
Just subscribe I very like your channel. Do you know how to get rid of moles?
hi, i havent had a problem with moles yet. but i suspect they would have a hard time getting up into raised beds because of the wood sides. thx
Thank you.
Just followed…gardener-pet owner-teacher of a wildlife reserve (wonderful)…. I luv my raccoons, 40yrs same family…why not put a roll bar on top, maybe 2in-4in pvc, just thinking …. Great vids, just binge watched a bunch from you…trying to get motivated
Darn raccoons 🦝 They are acrobats and will look for any opportunity to get food. Lots of competition for those yummy tomatoes 🍅! Howdy Squeak!
I'm so glad you don't poison them like some people do.
I tried all sorts of stuff but hated the look. Cayenne pepper works for us. Sprinkled all along the area and the surface of the raised beds
Just a thought or two - I've had better success with the black 1/2" bird netting - just working with it is a trial. Add another 8" to 10" piece of wood to the frame at the end to make it a upside down U shape and staple the netting on. I'm having a problem with chipmunks - I've got six Big Beef, Red Snapper and Celebrity plants loaded with one pound tomatoes - so far Chipmunks 12 - Angus 1 and with the heat spell they stopped blooming. I have Samantha (Sam) that is Squeaks double.
Interesting experiment. Ha! I was thinking maybe constructing an angled barrier all around the upper edge of the fence would work. Perhaps maybe with hardie-board siding; angled in such a way that they cannot reach the edges of the hardieboard.
Your garden is starting to look like a concentration camp. You need a sub-sonic 22. Send a message...
A couple of snap mouse traps would teach them a quick painful lesson.
I used fabric tied around some water buckets to keep mosquitos out and they shredded the fabric to get the water ouy
Get some chicken wire and cut a 3-4 foot long section, then cut that into long strips, if you cut across the middle of a circle on each side leaving the middle wire and you basically make a long spikey strip of barbed wire, then you the weave pieces threw your fencing where you see them climbing, Racoon's have strong but soft hands like us, they don't like touching pokey things, I also use solar motion lights they like the dark and don't care for being lit up by 10 spotlights blinding them. i also use a 2 stage fence system, Deer also do not like 2 stage fencing because the want a clear area over the fence to land when they jump , if a second fence is close within about 3 feet they think they can't land so they won't jump the first fence.
Plant some tomatoes outside the garden for them? Obviously the fence was a deterrent. Lifestyles of the Raccoons they just have a buffet!
Seriously why not electrify the fence?,
hi, i might electrify eventually. a downside is it costs hundreds of dollars and a bunch of time setting it up. if i can get away with this current setup id be happy. thx
Are you concerned about wild animals spreading diseases on your food?
You need to really spray water on the fruit to wash them off because raccoons have a bad worm that lays eggs and those eggs can land on your fruit and if you ingest those eggs, you can really be in trouble.
do an electric fence it will deter them
Put a electric fence
Why not just enclose the top ?
I have 1 raccoon that I can't get rid of .. and it is a pain in the but obnoxious.
A 10’x10’ open topped dog lot with a snipers perch/ladder to the house or barn roof , an open can of cat food and mag dump the little monsters. It works for sure. Climbing out of the lot slows them down enough so you can get them all. After 8 hens killed vengeance became the order of the day.
They’re so big
Hi Bubble Beat, I've been watching your videos for quite some time. We've had cattle for many years here in Australia n it's quite legal to have our cattle fences electrified to keep out the kangaroos, foxes n other predators, n keep our cattle in. The voltage isn't set to kill any animal, just shock it from its mischief from eating prime grass n hay meant for our animals. Why don't you wire your fence? It uses minimal electricity n you'll be devoid of this constant challenge which seems to have grown into a problem. Please do comment as your hobby farming laws could be very different to ours. Kindest regards, Gill 🦘
An electric fence is a good option here.
Just grow extra and avoid the ongoing craziness
Lol, one word, dog.
Get a balloon put Cayenne pepper in side of it and blow it up ty off and hang from fence and put peanut butter on the out side at the bottom and when they break it Cayenne will be all over them and they will not come back ,
Maybe you can throw some seeds out away from your garden and grow them some veggie plants that they can eat from. You seem to be able to grow anything and an abundance. Poor things, they're just hungry
Offering them food does not help. It makes it worse. They bring a family and friends. Last your they harvested ALL MU PERSIMMONS. Not single one left for me.
This year - a total cucumber devastation.
Need to try something, else.
Your going to need electricity ⚡️
Put dog in the yard raccoon don't like dog
Why not just buy a electric fence🤨🤣
That raccoon never gave up. Why don’t you catch them and take them away in the country..????
When you do it, they are back before you are.
Pick your tomatoes! LMAO. You spend all your time not sharing lol. Wtf?
Go electric
Get a dog
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