At least you guys had a shot at getting the fruit. The squirrels around our
house take ONE BITE out of every unripe peach long before they are ready to
pick. Argh!
--Debra
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:23 AM Michelle Barnes via Lincoln <
lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote:
> That reminds me of when I l
That reminds me of when I lived in Adelaide, Australia and had apple trees.
Every year I’d be just about to pick them as they neared ripeness, and every
year a flock of rainbow lorikeets would beat me to it, usually the morning of
or the day before my own picking plans, and devour ALL of the per
Years ago I was house sitting for my folks and the corn was looking great!
I was going to pick it the next day. But the next morning every ear had
been stolen by the pesky raccoons!
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 9:47 AM Louise Bergeron <
louiseberge...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Katherine,
>
> The sam
Hi Katherine,
The same happened to our very tall pear trees. All unroped fruit has gone
overnight.
We attribute this to fishers; they come in and carry the fruits away to a safe
place.
We surprised them one night a few years back, taking away all the plums from
our tree.
At this time of t
i have five tall (20') pear trees.this year they have lots of fruit.
i rope them off to keep marauding deer from decimating my crop,i surround the
trunks with metal flashing to keep chipmunks and squirrels from climbing up and
picking off my pears.this year i even added plastic dog recovery cones
