• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Frugal Gardening

Simple ways to save money while you garden

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Garden Frugally
  • Buy These
  • Our Editorial Commitment
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

squirrels

6 Ways to Stop Squirrels From Digging Up Containers

July 20, 2026 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

6 Ways to Stop Squirrels From Digging Up Containers

Squirrels can turn a beautiful container garden into a daily excavation project. Fresh potting mix feels soft, easy to dig, and surprisingly attractive to curious squirrels searching for buried nuts or looking for a convenient place to stash new ones. The great news is that container gardens rarely need drastic solutions. A few smart changes…

Read More

Filed Under: container gardening Tagged With: container gardening, flowers, garden pests, gardening tips, herbs, potted plants, squirrels, vegetable gardening, wildlife

10 Ways to Keep Squirrels From Digging Up Your Beds

January 21, 2026 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

These Are 10 Ways to Keep Squirrels From Digging Up Your Beds

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 miniature excavation crew clocked in overnight. Squirrels are clever, persistent, and oddly confident about their right to redecorate your soil. Instead of declaring…

Read More

Filed Under: pests Tagged With: Affordable garden tips, animals, controlling pests, garden bed, garden pests, garden tips, gardening and pests, gardening tips, mulch, mulching, pest control, pests, protecting garden, raised beds, soil, squirrels, wildlife

Primary Sidebar

Struggling to get your garden off the ground? Put those days behind you with our special starter kit – perfect for thrifty green thumbs everywhere. Get growing and add a splash of color today!

Popular Posts

  • usda free seeds websiteHow To Get Free Seeds From The Government by Amanda Blankenship Seeds might seem like a small expense, but any seasoned…
  • Enviro Ice On PlantsShould I Use Enviro Ice On My Plants? by Kathryn Vercillo Every week, I receive food from Hungryroot. It's a great…
  • is shredded paper good for the gardenFrom Trash to Treasure: Transform Shredded Paper Into Garden Gold by Amanda Blankenship Should you use shredded paper as garden mulch? It might…
  • Enviro IceWhat Happens to Plants If You Use Enviro Ice on Them? by Amanda Blankenship About a year ago, I wrote our first article about…
What Should You Do When Peaches Ripen All at Once?

What Should You Do When Peaches Ripen All at Once?

Peaches have a spectacular talent for creating a very specific kind of gardening panic: producing a mountain of gorgeous fruit at exactly the same time. One afternoon, the tree looks ordinary, and a few days later, the branches seem to have joined a conspiracy against the household refrigerator. The good news is that an overflowing…

Read More

Can You Grow Mâche Where Summer Lettuce Failed?

Can You Grow Mâche Where Summer Lettuce Failed?

Summer lettuce can be a bit of a drama queen. Give it too much heat, let the soil dry out, or ask it to keep producing when the thermometer starts climbing, and suddenly that promising patch of crisp green leaves turns into a bitter, bolting mess. Mâche, also called corn salad or lamb’s lettuce, offers…

Read More

7 Frugal Garden Projects to Finish Before Daylight Shrinks

7 Frugal Garden Projects to Finish Before Daylight Shrinks

Summer has a sneaky way of making the garden feel endless. Then one afternoon arrives when dinner somehow needs to happen before the sun disappears, and suddenly every unfinished garden chore starts waving from across the yard. Thankfully, several worthwhile projects cost little or nothing, and finishing them now can make next season easier, cheaper,…

Read More

Why Do Some Pumpkins Turn Orange Long Before Harvest?

Why Do Some Pumpkins Turn Orange Long Before Harvest?

A pumpkin can flash its Halloween-ready orange weeks before the calendar says it should, leaving gardeners with one very reasonable question: Is that pumpkin actually ripe, or is it simply showing off? Color plays an important role in pumpkin maturity, but orange skin alone does not mean the fruit has finished developing. Pumpkins change color…

Read More

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Garden Frugally
  • Buy These
  • Our Editorial Commitment
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2026 · Foodie Pro & The Genesis Framework