A few days ago, I wrote about my one almost ripe strawberry and how excited I was to eat it. On Saturday, after I erected the chicken fence, I decided to leave it for one more day.
Mid-morning on Sunday I head outside to partake in that delicious strawberry only to find that it's gone! I think that answers my intruder questions. Obviously, it's squirrels because there's no way a rabbit climbed my 2 foot tall fence.
So, I go inside and pout about my lost strawberry while googling ways to murder...uh, I mean keep squirrels out of my garden. The solution that I could most immediately put into action was cayenne chili powder. Apparently, they hate the stuff. So, I take my chili powder out and start sprinkling. Did I mention that cayenne chili powder isn't cheap and I'm liberally sprinkling it over a box of dirt?
When I get to my cucumber square, I notice something weird in the dirt. Something bright red. There, in the squirrels' favorite digging spot is MY STRAWBERRY! So, to add insult to injury, the big jerk stole it, only ate half of it and then buried it less than three feet away!
You'll want to brace yourself for what I did next. I dug that strawberry up, brought it inside and washed it, cut off the end that had been nibbled and ate the rest! Oh, yes I did! I'm not proud but that was a seriously good strawberry!!
In far less interesting strawberry news, I had one today that was almost ripe enough so I went ahead and picked and ate it. Even though it wasn't fabulously bright red like the first one, it was still delicious! And, since I couldn't really make a ceremony out of eating the formerly muddy, half squirrel eaten berry, I celebrated this one.
