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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Squirrels in tomatoes
  • Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:43:19 -0400

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:36:46 +0000, Ken Bezilla wrote:
> When I lived in Missouri, we never had problems with squirrels, but we had
> friends half an hour away who had awful problems with them.  We always
> dreaded that their squirrels would spread the word...

I think there is a lot to that. Earlier this year, I had red squirrels
pilfering strawberries from my farm stand. I trapped three before the problem
stopped. There were still red squirrels around, but no more stolen berries.
It makes sense that one animal would pick up the habit from watching another.
A few years back, we had awful damage from grey squirrels sampling our
pumpkins. That behavior didn't spread, apparently, because we haven't seen it
since.

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Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com







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