Re: [gardeners] Apricot thieves!
Seana Ames (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:02:56 MDT
Ron, I am so sorry! I can imagine your disapointment. I have been
following the saga of THE APRICOT THEIVES! Your story brought back Easter
memories. Our first Easter in CO., I was "woken by the kids" only to find
that THE SQUIRRELS had absonded with the candy from the plastic eggs & eaten
our beautifully decorated, hard boiled eggs, too! (The Hogs!) I was
somewhat dismayed, having taken the trouble to be out at o'dark thirty to
play Easter Bunny & then sneaking back to bed before the kids woke. It was
such a beautiful spring day with the sun shining throught the trees & all
the bulbs up & blooming. I had artistically hidden the eggs, mapping them &
color cordinating them, of course, among the flowers, so they would be hard
to find. All we found were a few wrappers, plastic shells & colored egg
shell bits. I was imagining squirrel dinner for Easter at that point but
now I laugh about it. We knew not to let the dogs out there alone but had
never lived where there were squirrels before. I hope your Snake is Big &
Bad & scares them away - whatever THEY are! Good luck!
Seana
> Ron Hay wrote:
> >
> > Help! This is the first year we have had any signifucant number of
> > apricots on our tree, and all of a sudden, as they ripen, predators
> > strike at the crack of dawn. They may be birds, although I rather
> > suspect they are squirrels, since some of the pits are gnawed a bit,
and
> > there are no real peck marks on the interior of the fruits.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > I am about to go out with my fruit picking pole to harvest whatever I
> > can, to let the fruit ripen in the house.
> >
> > Ron
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