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I Enjoy Squirrels From Afar

03.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

John and Liza have the cutest photos of squirrels at their blog. Check them out.

I don’t know if it is the lack of trees in our county or my barnyard cats, but squirrels don’t thrive here. When I lived in the city I thought everyone had squirrels in abundance…just like I had always experienced. I visited and lived in city places mostly, and gray squirrels were always part of the fauna in the garden. Then I moved out here. In the boondocks… where farmers cut down almost all the trees back in the seventies and sixties (an old lady who had called my place “her family homestead” told me that). In the spots where there are stands of Bur oaks still standing there are red squirrels. They aren’t very smart about roads and cars if the little corpses are any indication.

And although squirrels are entertaining and so cute, they are voracious consumers of crocus and tulip bulbs. Grow daffodils (which they disdain) if you have problems with disappearing bulbs. (Like in the first season!)

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  1. Rossella says

    October 6, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I didn’t know that they like so much crocus and tulip bulbs.
    Alas my dog is voracious of daffodils, flowers not bulbs ๐Ÿ™‚

    I miss so much to have a garden. For my garden is my parent’s one far 600 km from me now.

    Your blog and web site are very interesting. I’ve to learn a lot by them. Thanks to have appreciate my fall salad ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Ilona says

    October 6, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Welcome, Rossella ๐Ÿ™‚
    This is the first I’ve heard of a dog liking flowers… but know some of them love to dig. I once had a dog that loved to make away with socks hung out to dry and I used to find them buried when I put in a new plant. but they always left the flowers alone.

    I did appreciate your fall salad! It had my favorite things, figs and fennel, in the mix. I notice that fresh figs are in season in my local stores right now. Melting Black Missions -yum.

    Squirrels and rodents in general feast on crocus and tulips. A real bummer around here.

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