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EDGEMAN
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Try moving the pole 3' further away from any bush or tree limb, or...

Get a taller pole for your bird feeder. I've been using that system for several years, and no squirrel has been able to access my feeders to date...lol When I first put it up, I saw them trying, and trying, and trying to get past the rat guard, but they eventually gave up. They will eat seed on the ground that the birds toss out of the feeder, but they can't get to it.
Posted: 06/17/2024 at 08:45 PM ET
(In response to this post by MP4VT2004)

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It's gardenia season!
EDGEMAN • 06/17/24 11:33 AM ET
Ironically, I was oblivious to gardenias until one year ago today.
MP4VT2004 • 06/17/24 06:37 PM ET
No idea if squirrels eat the flowers....I doubt it.
EDGEMAN • 06/17/24 07:35 PM ET
This gardenia is so small that if a deer was the culprit...
MP4VT2004 • 06/17/24 08:09 PM ET
Try moving the pole 3' further away from any bush or tree limb, or... ◄
EDGEMAN • 06/17/24 08:45 PM ET
I don't think deer like gardenias.. See link**
HOKIERIT • 06/17/24 07:50 PM ET
We have them. I like them - except mine don't bloom anywhere close to a
501 • 06/17/24 04:24 PM ET
Planted them in the new landscape we just finished. Obviously not real ->
HOKIERIT • 06/17/24 05:39 PM ET
10 degrees and above and they seem allright...we got down to zero a few
Tuckahokie • 06/17/24 06:03 PM ET
Think I remember that year. We lost a lot of leaves. I cut them back and->
HOKIERIT • 06/17/24 07:46 PM ET
amazing! We have one that is potted on our back deck and it is already done
DonHo-kieHi • 06/17/24 04:15 PM ET
I would get it out of the pot and into the ground.**
EDGEMAN • 06/17/24 04:17 PM ET
Have to work on that cause all Ive got is sand! **
DonHo-kieHi • 06/17/24 04:28 PM ET
Man I miss those
HokieMacDaddy • 06/17/24 01:46 PM ET
Where do you live. There are varieties now that handle winter better. I ->
HOKIERIT • 06/17/24 05:42 PM ET
Wow...and I thought my Gardenia bloom count was strong this year...props!**
Tuckahokie • 06/17/24 12:09 PM ET
Just pictures I pulled off the interwebs...lol
EDGEMAN • 06/17/24 01:21 PM ET
You flower catfished us :>)**
Tuckahokie • 06/17/24 02:18 PM ET
bastard!**
DonHo-kieHi • 06/17/24 04:11 PM ET
I just withdrew my "like".**
PhotoHokieNC • 06/17/24 05:10 PM ET