jOhN wrote:
> jOhN wrote:
>> jOhN wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> Sunday morning my spouse ventured out to the garden at 6:30am - only
>> to spot a deer as it bolted away...........from out of the garden and
>> its former tomato glory :-(
>>
>> That bastage/biotch had muscled its way past the deer netting and
>> proceeded to munch off the leaves of the okra, a few sprigs of the
>> tomato plants, and about 50% of the green tomatoes!!!! Just one day
>> ahead of us getting the water scarecrow - they must be spying on my
>> email.
>>
>> I'll re****t how the water scarecrow works in future posts.
>>
>> The formerly Bambi loving, squirrel advocate that is also my wife can
>> get quite militant on some subjects. (note to self: don't cross this
>> women)
>>
>> jOhN
>
>
> Since there is but one small lonely tomato left (aside from the Sweet
> 100's) there's not much to re****t on regarding the scarecrow. However,
> the okra are making a comeback and the assorted peppers are doing pretty
> good.
>
> Regarding local deer - the 100 ft. wide utility easement that runs
> through this subdivision (Buttercup Creek) provides a big animal trail
> between 1431 and close to RM620. There are various undeveloped sections
> along it and the deer have been able to move easily at night and early
> morning for the 23 years we've lived here. Yesterday I was walking my
> dogs at about 830am and stumbled across a doe and her two spotted fawns
> foraging on the side of a house that's on the easement but had no
> fencing. The group was not too spooked by us (my dogs did not bark) as
> we were +100ft. distant. They stayed in sight for several minutes and
> eventually moved out toward a big grassy and secluded drainage channel.
>
> The gardening point is this - dry conditions are driving the critters
> out of safety and into the juicy green residential areas they may have
> never been seen in before.
>
> jOhN
Last deer re****t - they are all over the place from dark to after
sunrise. Grazing in my neighbor's new landscaping tonight around 10pm.
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