Tulips Ravished by Hoodlum Squirrels
I was so incredibly tickled when I arrived home on Thursday afternoon to see that three tulips had opened while I was taking my exam. I went in the house, threw a load of clothes in the wash, changed into my gardening clothes and stepped out the front door. That's when I saw the carnage. In the ten minutes I had been in the house, all of the heads had been bitten off my tulips. There were pieces of red petals and torn stems all over. It was a gruesome scene, and I expected to see little chalk outlines around the fallen tulip heads when I approached.
What a damn racket. I fretted over those tulips, fertilized them in the fall, watered them, and waited and waited for them to flower, peeking out the door excitedly each day to see if they were open yet. Then they popped open just long enough to be gulped by rodents. Damn it all. What a heartbreaker.
Not to be outdone by the hoodlum squirrels, I think I'll make some scarecrows to protect my crops this summer. Specifically, I want to make some (ceramic?) foxes and deck them out in paramilitary attire and give them some cute little pretend AK-47s.
posted by Ugly Juice @ 4:44 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
do those little "fences" around flower beds keep squirels out or are they like "HA!--look at the stupid humans trying to keep me out. I can scale that in my sleep"
anna
scarecrows are a category for competition in the state fair! i think you should enter one!
--em
what a swell idea! I've never entered anything in the state fair.
Oh, you have to enter something in the state fair! It is so much fun! When I was a kid (a long time ago, I admit!) my siblings and I would enter as many items as we could; home grown veggies, flowers, crafts or baked goods. We had quite the collection of ribbons and cashed a few first place checks too! You could enter a tulip...oh...wait...never mind.
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