
Bulbs Squirrels Wont Eat. You have more choices than you might think. That's why I'm so proud of this daffodil-hellebore combination in my front garden, show above. plant your bulbs with daffodils; plant your bulbs with onions; cover bulbs going it alone with cayenne or strong hot pepper.
Rats will eat basically anything, and rabbits breed like rabbits, but a squirrel's talent for causing nuisance is its capacity for acrobatics.
I had such a tough time with them two years ago eating and digging up everything I had planted at a client's front garden.
Tired of fighting the squirrels that are eating the seed you put out for your feathered friends? The nose of these expert foragers is a tiny but powerful. They won't eat the bulbs of Tommie crocuses (Crocus tommasinianus), for example, nor of its cultivars like 'Ruby Glow' and 'Barr's Purple', either.
