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hi,two days ago my sweetcorn was fine,now the whole lot has been eaten.one chap said he saw squirrels on my plot this morning could they be the culprits.many thanks.
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They could well be Ianb.ntg
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Squirrel pie is very good apparantly......Comment
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shame it's not bbq weather! bbq'd squirrel already stuffed with sweetcorn!How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.”
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Badgers will eat your sweetcorn too.
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Yes I grew sweetcorn last year, but either the squirrels got there first or the mice that live under the shed next door. Bless them!
Piper
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Think Piper's right, Ian. Nice Avatar Piper.
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Squirrals are the main culprit although many rodents will have a go!
Sorry old chap but the only cure is a BBQ, apparently tastes like chicken (corn fed, of course
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Thanks Alice, I got my avatar from a CD-Rom called Art Explosion Clip art. I like yours too, love the colours in it. Piper
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Lol, corn fed very funny.Originally posted by dwrudd View PostSquirrals are the main culprit although many rodents will have a go!
Sorry old chap but the only cure is a BBQ, apparently tastes like chicken (corn fed, of course )
Darren Piper
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I have that CD ROM too Piper. Thanks for reminding me. I haven't looked at it for ages. I got mine from the internet somewhere. Just thought it looked a real wonderland - which is where my daughter says I live anyway .
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Ah that's nice, wonderland. How old is your daughter? I have a son who will be 4 in March and a daughter who is 16 weeks. Piper
Your future lays before you,
Like a sheet of driven snow.
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As every step will showComment
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I'm planning to grow some mini sweetcorn this year (mini mop) and yes, I have the squirrels. They're not usually much of a pest, dig up a few bulbs, pull the heads of yellow roses (only yellow ones - who knows why!) make a nuisance of themselves at the bird feeders, but that's it. Thanks for the warning about the corn. I think I'll need to cage them in some way.
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We have loads of grey squirrels at our allotments yet as far as I know no-one including myself were troubled with them eating the sweetcorn.!!
Could be that they had feasted themselves on the chicken feed that had been put out in the numerous hen runs on the lotties!
There is an Oak wood at the bottom of lottie's also and I have often seen 5 or 6 together in the trees. They are big fat ones and would make a decent meal looking at them!!
Hugh fearnley seems to like them, but he also enjoys eating boiled brains of most animals, scooped out with a melon scoop and then deep fried! Crunchy on the outside and nice and creamy on the inside, bit like a squirrel really!!
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My daughter is 38 ! Piper. I don't know how that happened as she was only born last week
Time flies. Enjoy your children. You might like this writing from Khalil Gibran.
Your children are not your children
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