Re: Speaking of tomatoes

"jOhN" <us271934SPAMNYET@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Fred C. Dobbs wrote:
>>> My garden is just starting to get ripe slicing size tomatoes and it 
>>> turns out we get to share them with the 4 young squirrels we thought 
>>> were so cute just yesterday.
>>>
>>> We got half of three tomatoes and the squirrels got the other half :-(
>>>
>>> They were tasty though.....the tomatoes, not the squirrels.
>>>
>>> Anybody have a good anti-squirrel tip or two that doesn't involve 
>>> violence or death?
>>>
>>> jOhN
>>
>> The squirrels ate four of my seven tomato plants.  I came home
yesterday 
>> and the plants were just shredded.
> I just ordered a water scarecrow that uses a motion detector to aim and 
> trigger its water spray to chase away the critters. It will be here 
> Monday - got great reviews and I know a couple of people that use them
on 
> deer to their satisfaction.
>
> ps: another tomato chewed this morning

I may have been too quick to pass guilt on the squirrels.  I have seen a
fat 
field mouse/rat and a little cottontail rabbit in the backyard near the 
garden (what's left of it).  I need to fix those holes in the fence...

I wish I could leave my dog outside during the day.