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What do you get when you cross Mother Nature and a willingness to experiment in the garden? Dolly Sickles, our Optimistic Gardener. When she isn’t working in the non-profit sector, she can generally be found brandishing her gardening gloves.

Hair Clippings in the Garden?

Okay, sometimes I worry about my mother going off the deep end. Take, for instance, the conversation and friendship she struck up this morning while watching my son at skateboard camp. 

"Hair clippings keep the rabbits and other pests out of my garden," her new friend said. 

Then, they agreed that my mom would gladly accept the clippings from the new friend's children. I know ... ewww! But, then again, that's not entirely weird for us—weird things happen to us all the time. Which is probably why I'm intrigued to find out if the clippings will keep the rabbits out of mom's garden, diverting their attention away from treating the bed of hosta like their personal salad bar. 

  • Do you think there's any truth to using human hair clippings in the garden to keep away the pests?
  • Have you ever tried it?
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OK, but will human hair work also? I don't have a dog but I do go to the hair salon for hair cuts. Anyone use human hair with good results?

I have used Dog Hair and it does work.

We bought those small Rid-A-Squirrel bags from a catalog to put in the yard to keep squirrels out of the bird feeders. When we got them, I swore they smelled just like dog hair. They worked for a period of time until the rain and weather took the smell away. I'm refreshing with plain old dog hair this time!

have heard of doing it... haven't tried it. If nothing else, it's more compost.

I have used cat fur successfully - after brushing the cats we would collect the fur in an old stocking and hang it in the garden. It wasn't as effective as a fence but worked pretty well.

Let us know how this works out. I guess we can all ask for our own hair clippings at the beauty shop. Just need to remember to take some type of baggie or something to carry the hair home.

I've actually heard of this before and also read something about it too. Good luck to your mom. What a great new friend to offer not only a solution but a way to carry out the solution :)

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