How to keep shrews away from the garden: a proven method

Every landowner dreams of a rich and beautiful harvest. However, to get the best result, in addition to taking care of plant growth and proper care, there is another serious threat - pests.

One of the most common rodents that can destroy a vegetable garden is shrews. TSN will tell you how to drive them away.

Shrews are small but very active animals that leave behind numerous underground passages and burrows, causing considerable damage to plants and the root system. If you do not take action in time, these rodents can destroy the entire crop.

However, these mammals are also beneficial. Their main diet consists of worms, insects and their larvae, which can attack your plants. They also help to decompose organic material in the soil, improving its structure.

You can find a lot of poisons and other ways to get rid of pests in stores, but most of them are not humane at all and can be harmful to other animals, people, and plants.

In fact, there is no point in killing shrews, as they can be easily scared away from a place where useful plants grow.

How to keep shrews away from the garden

Shrews have a very developed sense of smell, so they are very sensitive to odors. With this in mind, the most effective way to protect your garden from them is to spread the scent of their natural enemies. For example, you can put cat or dog feces in the shrew's burrow. This will scare the rodents because they will think that there is danger nearby.

You can also use cow manure or rotten eggs and fish. Shrews will also not like them at all, but you have to remember that such smells are also quite unpleasant for humans, so be careful not to overdo it.

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