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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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 Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 05:55:51 AM
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We got a good laugh last night when a contractor came to look at replacing our gutters. I planted a lot of bulbs around the front of the house last fall, and the squirrels went crazy digging them up. I had flowers this spring, but I figured the squirrels had eaten about half of them. Well, not quite, as it turns out.
The gutter contactor pointed out that our gutters were mostly nice and clean except for one spot above the front of the house where there was a bunch of greenery growing. "Those are awfully big plants to be in a gutter," he said. "Yeah," said my husband, peering up. "They almost look like..." And here's where I realized what had happened: "My daffodils!"
Silly squirrels! They took them away but they didn't get to eat them. When we get the gutters replaced, I'm going to make sure I get those bulbs back so I can replant them. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 07:53:08 AM
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That's hysterical...and also maddening, isn't it?
Those darn squirrels--they eat my birdseed (even with chili pepper in it) and dug up all my spring bulbs, too...now they're starting on my tomatoes. If I didn't have such a soft spot for animals, I might hurl a tennis ball or two at them!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 11:11:49 AM
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You can keep the squirrels from digging up your bulbs if you lay chicken wire on the ground after planting them. The flowers will grow right up through the wire and the squirrels can't dig through it! This also works to keep cats from digging and leaving their calling cards in your flower beds (gross!).
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 12:04:10 PM
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| Thanks for the tip, Lisa. Last year I ended up laying some small flat rocks over the freshly dug ground. That seemed to discourage the squirels too. |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 6:47:42 PM
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Amie:
That's funny! The armadillos dig up by bulbs, and the squirrels plant trees where I would never want a tree! LOL
Marly |
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