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Old May 2, 2008   #16
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In 1992, rabbits ate my starts down to little stumps.

Happened to be the 1st year I planted my own indoors and the "Summer Without a Summer" when we had cold breezes from Saginaw Bay all the time and gardens didn't grow much.

Mount Pinatubo had erupted the previous year and spewed lots of particles in the atmosphere.

I put up chicken wire but the tomato plants just didn't recover. I was able to finish off a few peppers in the house.
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Old May 2, 2008   #17
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Well, I have eaten squirrel. That's the closest thing to a rat or a mouse I would even think about eating. Besides, mice don't have enough meat on them.
What do you mean, they don't have enough meat on them. Chicken wings don't have enough meat on them and restaurants have made a bizillion dollars on Buffalo Wings.


Is this too high for cutworms to have gotten to them?
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Old May 2, 2008   #18
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How about a blue jay or crow? They pull out onions and young corn plants. Several years ago my cuke leaves disappeared - just the stems were left on the trellis. netted loosely more missing - finally - of all creatures - it was a cardinal lining a nest - caught in the act. And Kitty Girl almost ate my seedlings several seasons ago. Piegirl
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Old May 2, 2008   #19
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I don't like crow pie, magpie pie maybe.
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Old May 3, 2008   #20
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I don't think it was a bird or a cutworm. Opossum maybe? Either way the plant has bounced back nicely especially after the addition of blood meal and a good rain.
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