Apricots and Squirrels

Those awful squirrels are at it again. My apricots are NOT QUITE RIPE, and yet, they are being demolished by those terrible demons! ARGGGGGG!!!!!

New Agave

One of H's colleagues is expecting her first child and decided that all the potentially hazardous poke-your-eye-out plants have to leave their yard. They offered us some agave, and we took them up on just one. It's a pretty good size, and now our yard is protected from any attack babies. Now, if only it would reach out and get some of our squirrels….

Old CD solution?

My clutter cleanse is going quite well. I am keeping track of items I am purging, and so far in June it's more than 40 items. Some of those items are old CDs, and I thought that if I hung some in my peach tree, the sun shining off of the reflective side might, just maybe, scare off a squirrel or two. I have no idea if this will work, but it is worth a try. I'll let you know.

Apricots!

About 5 years ago we planted a fruit cocktail tree which has two kinds of peaches, a nectarine and apricot. We have not gotten much fruit from it yet, until this spring. We were thrilled to see so many apricots. However, those &$#! squirrels started nibbling on them when they were still hard. So, I showed those little buggers and stripped the tree clean of the fruit and took them inside to ripen. It didn't take long, and this week I made apricot jam. Yum.

Lemons!

Our lemon tree is heavy-laden right now.  

Enjoy this poem Ode to the Lemon by Pablo Neruda.

More on Squirrels

This morning my friend emailed me this video link about another way to get rid of squirrels...

The Squirrelinator

At the Oak Glen Retreat Center, I found this squirrelinator hidden in the garden.  I could really use one of those at my house.  See the second photo for the mess the little buggers are making of my tangerines.  The question is, then, how to dispose of the varmints once they are in the trap?  I've heard that one can drown them in a trash can of water.  I wouldn't be able to do that, but maybe someone at my house could.....