- 1). Plant your mushroom patches on a raised garden bed. Burrowing animals will have a much harder time getting to the mushrooms if the bed is raised a few feet off the ground.
- 2). Surround your garden and your mushroom patches with a 24-inch-high wire fence. The wire fence helps keep out land-dwelling animals, such as rabbits and squirrels. Make sure the mesh holes are smaller than one inch because wild animals can squeeze through surprisingly tight spaces.
- 3). Add prickly plant varieties around your mushroom patch as a type of guard. Anything with rough foliage, such as, sedum, eryngium, euphorbia or echinops works well.
- 4). Try out some scent repellents to keep animals away from your mushroom patches. For example, garlic, hot peppers and castor oil are known to repel a variety of wild animals.
- 5). Install motion lights around your garden. When the animals come near, the motion light will be triggered, which can scare them off before they have a chance to steal your mushrooms.
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