Squirrels ate my bulbs!!

Discussion in 'Pests, Diseases and Cures' started by leonora, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. leonora

    leonora Gardener

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    yes, that's right, I went to collect the remaining bulbs from the shed, to discover that the box had been chewed up, AND the contents!!

    CURSES!!

    I've a few tulip bulbs left - fortunately the neighbour says she has a few daffs left (after the squirrels had been in her shed too!) so she will plant them by the fence.

    SQUIRRELS ARE NOT CUTE!! They are pests!!
     
  2. Sussexgardener

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    Couldn't agree more, vermin to be truthful. The little pests eat the chickens' feed as well:mad:
     
  3. Sparlings

    Sparlings Apprentice Gardener

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    They strip my walnut tree as well. Though if you are a good shot not bad casseroled.
     
  4. lollipop

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    :lollol::lollol::lollol:They didn`t even have to raid the shed for mine, one individual little varmint-cocky little thing, swaggered across the garden and started digging them out of the soil-right in front of my face, bold as you like. When I got up to chase it off it just looked at me approaching it with a " I dare you" kind of expression on it`s ugly face, and only legged it when my cats spotted it and chased it. They are in league with slugs and snails-wetting `emselves at me!!
     
  5. Tropical_Gaz

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    I have no time for the greys , rats with fluffy tails. Why some idiot decided to release them into the UK is beyond me. The mess they make in our garden - they love to eat newly emerging tree fern fronds!!!

    The reds on the other hand :)
     
  6. Pro Gard

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    Any I see in my garden get a .22 to the head. Pure vermin and responsible for an awfull lot of damadge.
     
  7. lollipop

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    Ermm, when did you acquire this gun Paul, and are you fostering resentments?.........coz you know I`m your friend don`t you:hehe:
     
  8. Pro Gard

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    Claire, Unless youve sudenly metamorphesised into a rat, squirell or magpie then your safe lol
     
  9. intermiplants

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    pro dont mention guns:dh::hehe::hehe:

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  10. gardenlearner

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    a lot worse when they go in your loft and eat a live lighting circuit pvc cable, or start nibbling at the timber roof trusses holding the roof....

    nasty little ******s
     
  11. Man Of Leisure MOL

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    Shoot them or get a cat, or better still both
     
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