Them Goll-Danged Squirrels
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Posted by Robert Dailey May 18, 2009 |
My home garden looks pretty good. I’ve got several tomato plants taller than I am, although I am a little concerned about them.
Two days ago, I found two small tomatoes on the ground below the plants. It looked like they had just fallen off.
I wasn’t exactly sure what had caused them to fall like that. However the mystery was solved when my wife pointed out a squirrel running along the top of the back fence. In his mouth, he was carrying a small green tomato (I say “he” although I have absolutely no idea of the sex of the tomato thief). The animal even stopped and looked back at us, as if to say, “don’t even try to catch me, slowpoke human.”
I have never, ever heard of squirrels eating tomatoes. It’s not as though there is a shortage of food. There’s abundance everywhere, and besides many people in our neighborhood put out extra food for the squirrels, deer, opossums, raccoons and other little creatures.
Now that I’ve done a little checking around, I see that I’m not the only person having problems with squirrels eating their tomatoes. It seems to be a rather common problem.
Oh, well. I realize that I’ve got enough tomatoes to take care of my family’s tomato cravings, provide some for neighbors and friends and feed a few squirrels as well.
I’ve got a couple of apples that are a little over the hill, so I’ll put them out too. Squirrels need a balanced diet too, right?