I have a beautiful pepper plant in a pot. I put it in the pot planning to move it inside the garage when it gets cold and I could have peppers all winter. I have a 4x4 skylight in my garage and I can grown just about anything in there. Well, my pepper was blooming and producing plenty of peppers. Then the peppers started disappearing before they were any size at all. I just assumed they were falling of the plant. Well, I was in the dining room Friday with all the shades open and could see the pepper plant. I found out what was happening to my peppers. The squirrel came across the yard, snatched a pepper that was only about 1 inch long and scooted up the tree with it. I also found out that he was harvesting my pole beans as they produced. Guess I won't get any peppers until I move it into the garage and the beans are not going to happen. At least he has, so far, left the tomatoes alone and I am still getting tomatoes. He has a field day with the acorns from the Burr Oak in my back yard. A Burr Oak produces huge acorns and he gets all of them.
About two weeks ago, I was in the front yard and heard what I thought was a cat fight, but it didn't really sound like cats. I took a look around and saw two squirrels shoot out from under my Gardenia bush and one squirrel was giving the other one what for. He chased that squirrel across the neighbor's yard, across the cul-de-sac, and into the other neighbor's back yard. Then he came back to my yard. Guess he was defending his territory. And even though I put out squirrel feed, he still steals all the food I put in the bird feeders.
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