They look so cute - little furry creatures with dark masks and ringed tails.
But they are INFURIATING little critters!!!!!
There is at least one raccoon hanging around my garden - you know, the one that is fenced 7 1/2 feet tall to keep the deer out - and he/she has wreaked havoc this year on (in order of disappearance) 1) strawberries 2) grapes 3) tomatoes 4)whatever is next on his/her dinner menu.
I am beside myself. Not only do I fight rain or drought, bugs, fungus and leaf spot, moles and voles, mice, rabbits, birds and squirrels, now there are RACCOONS! Argh!
Last weekend, I wound a second layer of fencing around the tomato beds (two of three anyway) and I actually harvested three, count 'em THREE regular sized tomatoes this week! Woo hoo! Sounds great, except for the dozens I have already missed because of that midnight marauder! Grrrr.
Even the Juliet tomatoes weren't immune from his/her destruction. So I covered them with bird netting too. What a PAIN...not only to drape but to reach into to GET those ripe tomatoes.
What I don't do for a little organic food each year!
About Me
- Linda Roggli
- "Never a dull moment." That's what they'll write on my tombstone, when I leave this plane and transition to the next. Why be bored? Or boring? Makes no sense to me when life is so full of interesting, exotic and exhilarating experiences. I've written a book, been scuba diving, flown an airplane, eaten way too much frozen custard on occasion, reveled in the smell of newly-mown grass, lost a beloved pet, sweated on the elliptical, listened to my own coaching sessions without cringing, went through labor a second time, learned to say "I love you" to my dad, visited the ruins of ancient Rome, lightly brushed treetops in a hot air balloon, loved and lost and loved again, was on-camera for a story about a truckload of honey bees that overturned enroute to Florida, taken the GMAT and LSAT and GRE but never went to grad school, been thin then chubby then thin, looked high and low for the Real Me and finally found her right here all the time. Now you know all about ME. Tell me about YOU. Leave comments on this blog by clicking the "comments" link. Or not. I'll still love you even if you just lurk, read and leave. Oh, I forgot to mention: I give a LOT of hugs. Ask anyone.
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