AVID gardening fans will now that as adorable as they are, squirrels can be a nightmare to deal with.
Searching for food, they ruin your garden, digging up soil and carefully planted bulbs.
Fortunately, fans of the cleaning sensation Mrs Hinch have shared their simple solution for deterring these animals from gardens – and it costs just 19p.
Mrs Hinch, whose real name is Sophie Hinchliffe, 32, has long been a favourite amongst fellow cleaning enthusiasts, with close to 4.5million followers on Instagram.
The star rose to fame a few years ago with various home hacks and now her fans have even started dedicated cleaning pages on social media.
In one such group, Mrs Hinch Cleaning tips and tricks on Facebook, a member, Judith McKew, sought advice: “I can’t believe the squirrels are digging up all our bulbs! Never had this happen before!”.
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Luckily for Judith and all those dealing with the same issue, the post was very soon inundated with responses, amongst which the most common solution was grated soap.
Helen Collings said: “On This Morning, the gardener put soap with the bulbs to stop the squirrels eating the bulbs.”
Judith McKew replied: “I can confirm the soap has worked! Well this once anyway!”
Maureen Briggs wrote: “Grated soap. Saw it on the telly this morning.
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“You just grate it over and around as you plant them and then a little bit more as you cover them up.
“The squirrels are attracted to the smell of the bulbs and this distracts them.
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''They also hate the taste of soap. It doesn’t harm your plants. Good luck.”
Jan Swinson commented: “I saw on This Morning that you should grate soap into the hole when planting the bulbs then squirrels won't get them!”
Geraldine Spruce said: “Saw on This Morning. Make your hole ready for the bulb, grate a little bit of soap into the hole, cover finely with soil to cover the soap.
“Put the bulb in the compost. Apparently, the soap gratings take the scent of the bulb away so squirrels can't detect them hence no digging up.
“You can do this on top of soil too afterwards as obviously rain will wash soap away after a while. Just keep repeating until they get the hint and stop.”
Sue Daykin agreed, writing: “Squirrels are attracted by the smell of bulbs. Their advice is to put grated soap into the hole when you plant the bulb.
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“Squirrels don't like the smell or taste. It doesn't harm the squirrel and the rain eventually washes it away.”
Wright's traditional soap costs just 19p from Waitrose & Partners, whilst Sainsbury's Tea Tree Cleansing Bar Soap retails for 65p.
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