Just to recap, we have a thief afoot in the garden.
A thief we caught red pawed.
A thief our two big dogs are too lazy to chase. You can see the fluffy tail on the right.
A thief who brazenly busted one of the stakes setup to keep him or her out.
*Sigh*
Ever since the garden started really producing, more than half our harvest has ended up being stolen from the garden and left out in the open with one or two bites. When my parents first moved into the house I grew up in, we all woke up one morning to a shotgun being fired next door. The neighbor was shooting the squirrels that had eaten her tomatoes. I thought that was extreme. I'm reconsidering.
But since I don't really believe in shooting the squirrels (hardly very eco-friendly if I kill the wildlife to save my produce), we have locked up the garden tighter than a safe. We spent the weekend re-staking and re-netting the garden. We haven't really figured out how we will get the produce out, but the squirrels will also be thwarted. It's now a test of wills.
This afternoon we watched two unsuccessful attempts by the squirrel to break into the garden. Chuck ran out in the yard with the dogs to scare away the squirrel, but the dogs were totally bored with the idea. Useless.
Squirrels are fearless! I wrapped up our three scrawny tomato plants yesterday but I don't expect to win the war. Good luck with yours!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of a rotating guard. You would post a color-coded schedule and one of you could sit by the back door with the two (useless) dogs and a few pots and pans. Then when you see the squirrels, run out and bang together the pots. It might scare off the squirrels and will definitely spook the dogs.
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