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It’s a good thing I captured a photo of the first species tulip to bloom in my yard this year because soon after it looked like this:
I just don’t understand the obsession that squirrels and other rodents have with my tulips. It’s almost as if tulips make them angry. They usually behead them and leave the flower on the ground. In this case there wasn’t any sign of a flower, so perhaps the perpetrator indeed consumed it. That probably doesn’t bode well for the dozens of species tulips that will soon be in bloom—if for only a second or two.
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After seeing what a squirrel (?) has done to one of your tulips, I had to tell you of my experience a few days ago. I happened to take a look at our garden, and to my surprise I saw a fairly large squirrel running along the top of our fence and making a dash into a bird’s house we leave out all winter and then dashed out. First I wondered how it could get through the hole since it was made for very small birds. But a closer look showed the squirrel had chewed around the hole and had it made it much bigger. This is a first for me in St. John’s. Hopefully it will not come back again and drive away the birds. I’m having a new bird house made and putting around the entry.
At our summer place I occasionally see squirrels, but no damage so far.
How’s your plants coming along. I have only my Calendula to start, but we stll have some snow around and very low temperatures. James
Those squirrels are certainly wily! I’ve never had one chew the birdhouse entry hole, but I have had them chew on the roof and sides of birdhouses. We do have trouble with woodpeckers and House Sparrows making the holes bigger. Squirrels are already raising their young this time of year. I wonder if your birdhouse was host to a squirrel family?
We had some very nice weather last week, but this week it’s been very chilly and windy with off and on snow showers. If nothing else that means the heat is back on in the house so my plant area in the basement gets a little warmer, and the seedlings grow instead of just sitting there. I started my last batch of seeds on Tuesday (tall zinnias). Now I just have to fertilize, water, trim and sort for the next few weeks while I wait for the outside temperatures to stabilize. I hope to bring the plants up from the basement for hardening off around the second week of May. I won’t put anything in the ground until the third or fourth week.
I would send some warmer weather your way, but right now we don’t have any to send! 🙂
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