Re: [CH] I've been attacked!
Mike Simmons (msimmons@wnm.net)
Thu, 31 May 2001 19:52:10 -0500
I have an Aunt (Nita) bless her heart, Master Gardner, lived out here in
Fayette County, TN, all her life, nearly 80 years old now. Regular Church
go'er, Salt of the earth, conservationist, and all that...tell me "I'd kill
the last rabbit on earth.
-----Original Message-----
From: Boulden, Randy <RBoulden@natco-us.com>
To: Meconella@aol.com <Meconella@aol.com>; Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com
<Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: RE: [CH] I've been attacked!
>Delurk.......I totally agree. I have 4 cats and an 8 X 40 raised bed
tomato
>and pepper garden. My cats have never hurt a single pepper that I am aware
>of. Now when my neighbors rabbits dug a hole under the fence, I caught
them
>in my pepper patch and ran them out. Rabbits will eat just about anything
>that grows including peppers.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Meconella@aol.com [mailto:Meconella@aol.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:26 AM
>To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com
>Subject: Re: [CH] I've been attacked!
>
>
>In a message dated 5/30/01 1:39:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>mprerost@mindspring.com writes:
>
><< What got hit was 2
> plants, not very tall and with fairly thin stems. Both cut off well
> above the soil line during the day. I thinking it's my neighbors cat
> that did it. >>
>
>Its more likely that something like a rabbit did it. Cats tend to be
>finicky
>and prefer to eat grass when outdoors, not solanaceous things that
>generally
>taste bad. My cats are always out in my garden with my chiles, and they
>have yet to eat one. They have tried to cover the small ones with soil
>after
>doing you know what, but eat them? No.
>
>Meconella
>