Exterminators Charge $400 for Squirrels. My Japanese Mother Used 3 Pantry Items (No Poison)

Subscribe and tap the bell so you don't miss the next garden secret, and tell me in the comments: where do your squirrels go first, the garden, the bird feeder, or the roof? Exterminators charge $400 for squirrels. My Japanese mother never paid one yen. In 1970 I came from Osaka to America, planted 12 tomato plants, and a gray squirrel took one bite out of every single one. I wrote to my mother. Two weeks later her answer came on thin blue airmail paper: three pantry items, and one last line I did not understand for many years. In this video I show you exactly what she did, how much, and where: red chili (togarashi), plain dish soap, and peppermint (hakka). No poison, no traps, no man with a truck. And at the end, the last step almost nobody does, the one that keeps them from coming back every year. What you will learn: Why squirrels dig up your bulbs and move into your attic (it is the calendar, not the animal) How to tell a squirrel from mice, rats or a raccoon just by listening to the clock The chili spray recipe: 1 quart of water, 2 tablespoons of red pepper flakes (or 1 tablespoon of ground cayenne), simmered 15 minutes, rested overnight, strained through a coffee filter Why birds feel nothing from chili, so your cardinals and chickadees keep eating The surprise ingredient: 1 teaspoon of plain dish soap, the glue that keeps the chili on the leaf Bulbs dusted red in a paper bag, a thin chili line, and chicken wire laid flat Bird seed with oil and cayenne that squirrels leave alone Peppermint oil on cotton balls for the attic, and when NOT to use it (babies, cats) Daffodils and alliums as a fence of guards, a water dish, and picking tomatoes at the first pink How to find the door on your roof, wait for the babies, use a one-way door, and seal it with hardware cloth 5 mistakes that keep squirrels coming back, and the two things my mother never did The whole year, season by season, and the full list to write down Chapters: 0:00 The holes in the tulip bed 1:26 Who I am, and a question for you 2:20 Osaka, my first tomatoes, and my mother's letter 4:03 Know your guest: why squirrels dig and nest 6:18 Number 1: red chili, the spray and the bulbs 11:44 Number 2: plain dish soap 15:07 Halfway: where do yours go first? 15:32 Number 3: peppermint for the attic 19:03 The garden plan: daffodils, water, early tomatoes 21:58 The roof: find the door, close it last 26:14 5 mistakes 28:31 What my mother never did 29:24 Your questions 30:20 The whole year and the full list 33:34 The last step nobody does Safety: wear gloves with chili, never spray toward your eyes, keep the bottle away from children and pets, and wash vegetables before you eat them. If a branch or a hole is high, ask a young neighbor to hold the ladder. Please, at our age, never climb alone. Thank you for sitting with me in my garden. Take care of your garden, and close the door last. #squirrels #gardening #naturalpestcontrol #japanesegrandma #gardentips #squirrelrepellent #organicgarden