Greetings, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but can anyone tell me how to keep birds out of my planter pots? they keep digging through them and while the bigger plants won’t be bothered by that the small ones get destroyed, saw that you could use some oils with isopropyl alcohol to keep them away, any tips are appreciated.


Blackbirds get into my pots and garden beds. They’re useful in that they eat a lot of earwigs and other pest insects, but in delicate places they do wreck a bit. Heavy enough rocks can stop them, or bunch up some chicken wire. Or carefully cut some chicken wire to size and they can pick through it without digging it all up.
Already ordered some netting, feeders and bird food to keep the pots safe and give them another target.