Monday
Jun152009
Meeting Beth (plus a garden rant)
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 8:59AM 
Enjoyed meeting Beth on the weekend; she's a friend of Jeff's gaming buddies whom everyone had met online but not yet in person.
I love it when online friendships make it to in-person contact. Beth's visit was a surprise for most of the guys; it was fun to see people's reactions when they met her and clued into the fact that they had already "met" her through online gaming.
Speaking of gaming, I played Formula 1 for the first time. I was even doing well for a while!
Until I got too enthusiastic and spun out, that is. Ah well.
While showing Beth around our garden, by the way, I noticed that SOMETHING IS EATING MY PLANTS!!
Photo by Walter.
Argggh. Several of my plants had clearly been vandalized.
I'd accuse the squirrels, but do squirrels eat parsley?!?
Photo by Walter.
tagged Food & Garden, Friends & Family in Featured
Food & Garden, Friends & Family in Featured
Reader Comments (10)
I think it's well past time you set up those now-unused iSight cameras to take time-lapse photos of your back yard to catch these little vandals in the act!
Squirrels eat anything.
Grr!
I never did tell you about the squirrel trap, did I?
Deb, you've cut your hair! I like it! Very summer-y.
And that poor plant really does look sad...
Sorry about your plants. Perhaps squirrels have finer tastes than you thought? If it's any consolation, all but one of my cucumber plants have bit the dust. Who knew it was so hard to grow cucumbers?
And I LOVE your haircut! It's adorable! Please put a new profile pic up on Facebook with this great summer cut.
Reid: hmm, this is an idea. :-)
Kristen: No, you didn't! I want to hear about your squirrel trap!!
Allison: Sad? You mean Cruelly Dying! And thanks for the haircut comment. I prefer it longer so am desperately thinking growing vibes at it, but it was worth the experiment.
Patricia: Thanks. :-) Dunno about a Facebook profile with this cut, though. So sorry to hear about your cucumbers.
Looks like you may have rabbits joining forces with the squirrels
Could also be snails. Check for shiny trails and check under containers. They tend to nip of the easy tender bits and leave raggedy ribs.
Heather: Didn't find any shiny trails, but thanks for the tip.
Melissa G: Augh! I hope not. Rabbits are cute; it'll be hard to hate them.
I would guess groundhogs, working under contract for squirrels. My mom lost a bunch of cucumber plants to them this spring. I lost one myself to a local cat, which has apparently decided that seedling roots are the next best thing to balls of yarn.
For larger animals, I set up a little zareba using floribunda prunings, and for all animals I find capsaicin in any formulation a useful deterrent.
Holy crow Debbie you cut your hair! When did you do this? Looks good!