A good article to read:

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/to...

It's easy to Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat

Amazing

That is really good content to read, the details described about how to make a wildlife-friendly habitat garden is might be useful to them who really like make gardens.

Wow. All these interesting threads hidden away. A certified wildlife habitat - I like Susan.

And these thread are a few years old. Still relevant, too!

Wildlife is wonderful until it starts gnawing and chewing holes in your siding. The aluminum siding salesman told us it would eliminate our squirrel issues. Any suggestions?

Susan - Is that wood siding the squirrels chewed on or is that aluminum?

I have a vinyl privacy fence and the squirrels chew up the top of the fencing. They sharpen their teeth on it and chew down the vinyl in the process. I never thought they would do that. Ha! Vinyl of all things!!!!

I actually feed the squirrels that come into my yard because they were doing a lot of damage trying to get to the food in my bird feeders. Since I began feeding them under the bird feeders, they haven't caused any more damage that I am aware of. Sometimes I have a lot of squirrels and sometimes I don't. Red-shouldered hawks moved into my neighbor (probably after discovering the squirrel and dove population here). So I think those predators keep the dove and squirrel population under control. Predators find their food eventually. Mother Nature has a way of balancing things out!

We are in the process of covering the cedar siding with aluminum siding. We set a live trap in the attic right at the hole they gnawed in the cedar & the past couple of years caught 13 squirrel. They have their babies in February and October and are looking for a place to nest I think or just want into my house, yikes!

The aluminum siding should stop their entry. Just make sure you get all the adult .... AND baby ..... squirrels out before you seal the attic up. I've heard animals that die in an attic or wall can leave a horrible smell that takes a LONG time to go away.

Good luck with the aluminum siding! Should look quite nice once it is done!