"Somebody" > wrote in message
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>I was coming down the driveway this afternoon and the damn squirrel ran
>past me, with a green tomato in it's mouth. One of my tomatoes... Anyone
>ever built a tomato cage to keep squirrels out? I think that is the only
>hope... I have tried: chicken wire, wolf urine, plastic snakes, tin foil
>on string. Nothing keeps the evil vermin away.
>
> I read somewhere last year, the only fool proof thing is a cage over the
> plant with a lid that can be opened and clasped closed. I love fresh
> tomatoes and am not growing them for some very rude squirrels. If I can't
> have them, I will take the plants out.

Put them in a greenhouse.