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In reply to the discussion: OMG! I'm surrounded! [View all]happybird
(4,606 posts)13. They came up on my deck last summer to eat my veggie plants
Up the stairs! Granted, it was only a few stairs, but...!!
I do enjoy watching them in the yard and enjoyed watching the babies grow.
ETA: Almost forgot, probably because of reliving the loss of my highly anticipated summer of muchos glorious tomatoes, but they also ate most of the new landscaping I put in: euonymus, shasta daisies, coneflowers, beebalm, liriope, coreopsis ... basically, everything but the catmint, barberry, and the butterfly bush. Next year, Im going to plant stuff along the tree line to hopefully keep them fed away from my plants.
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My last dog would ignore deer and elk, looking beyond them every time in hopes of
hlthe2b
Jan 2021
#2
Not long after we first bought this farm I heard screams down in a lower pasture
csziggy
Jan 2021
#28
I'm surprised they ate your coneflowers. I have a bunch of them, but they've never messed with them
Frustratedlady
Jan 2021
#22
It's hard to describe. A little rotten egg smell...(we sound like we're spraying breakfast!).
Frustratedlady
Jan 2021
#33
I remember after my wife and I moved to New Jersey from California and bought our house.
NNadir
Jan 2021
#32
I've advocated for the reintroduction of wolves and panthers to NJ, but it hasn't been too...
NNadir
Jan 2021
#39
I'm sure they are annoying and distructive and I sympathize with you, but OTOH,
Fla Dem
Jan 2021
#40
The most annoying part is that I cannot leave my bird feeders out in the evenings
csziggy
Jan 2021
#41