Squirrels keep taunting, I keep hating
August 14, 2009 at 3:43 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in Randomly NotedOne month ago, I confessed on this blog to being consumed with violent anger for squirrels.
Squirrels ate all-but-one of the tomatoes I’d been growing on my patio since spring.
After my outburst, I gave up on my tomato plants and left town for a couple weeks on non-tomato-based business.
When I returned, I found new fruit sprouting on the plants.
Great. Wonderful. Hope.
I moved the plants away from the patio railing so the squirrels wouldn’t have as easy access as they did in July.
The fruit grew unmolested for three weeks.
Until last night.
Squirrels raided the patio during the past 24 hours. I counted 15 green tomatoes on the vine as recently as Tuesday.
We’re now down to three.
To make matters worse, the noxious little kleptomaniacal tree rats taunted me by leaving a half-eaten tomato on my patio railing.
Hate.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Those aren’t squirrel teeth marks. You’ve been hit by the ginger fox.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
We use chicken wire wrapped around our tomato plant cages. Keeps the critters out.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Mix a healthy dose of cayenne pepper into your insecticidal soap.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
two words – air rifle
August 14th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I think it’s so cute that Andi thinks my handiwork is actually done by squirrels.
August 15th, 2009 at 10:21 am
“Mix a healthy dose of cayenne pepper into your insecticidal soap.”
Nothing is eating my jalapenos. Come to think of it, neither is anyone.