Muskrat Love

beasl004 · August 5, 2016

I'm traveling this week and woke up to a text from my wife telling me that the muskrat that lives in the lake behind us had gotten into the garden and gorged himself last night. Not good news to wake up to.

About 10 minutes later she texted me again to tell me that not only did the rat get into the garden but that he ate so much that he got stuck trying to get back out through the chain link fence around the garden and was now turtle food.

Its amazing how bad news can sometimes turn into news that makes you smile all day long once the whole story is known.

Worth1 · August 5, 2016

I am waiting for a cold snap and there will be a few less critters around my place.
Rabbit.
Deer and tree chickens.
They will all go in the frying pan.
I might leave the rabbits alone.
Worth

matereater · August 6, 2016

Tree chickens ??? never heard the term before, what is it ?

Worth1 · August 6, 2016

Tree Chickens=Squirrels.

Worth

August 6, 2016

I have some kind of critter in my garden that likes to move vegetables around, but not eat them. I placed some early ripe cucumbers on the ground beneath the vines to allow the seeds to harden before I harvest the seed. Something picked a cucumber up and moved it to the other side of the garden. It had tooth marks on it, but I can't identify the marks. The same thing happened with a couple of tomatoes i laid on the soil intending to pick the up the following day. I have a four foot tall hog wire fence around my garden and larger animals can't get through the wire mesh. I'm sure the critter must be climbing over the fence. My first thought was a racoon, but coons usually eat the veggies. They don't just move them around.

Ted

Tracydr · August 6, 2016

One of my goats went over my fence last week and took a bite out of most of my large tomatoes,ate the okra down to stems. I was so mad!

Bulldog · August 7, 2016

Squirrels, ground squirrels here. Eating all my tomatoes green or beginning to turn.

Tormato · August 8, 2016

Bummer.

I thought this thread was going to be about Captain and Tennille.

Worth1 · August 8, 2016

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Originally Posted by Tormato

Bummer.

I thought this thread was going to be about Captain and Tennille.

I stopped dating a girl because she like that group.

No common ground what so ever but we knew each other for a long time so it wasn't like a break up or anything.

Worth

dustdevil · August 10, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I stopped dating a girl because she like that group.Worth

Wrong line of thinking Worth. You should have dressed like the Captain and she would have went wild

Tormato · August 10, 2016

That really wouldn't work out.

He'd only able to rent the outfit, and date her on one night of the year, October 31st.

dmforcier · August 10, 2016

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I stopped dating a girl because she like that group.

I bet you hate the Carpenters, too.

Question your priorities.

Worth1 · August 10, 2016

Nope cant stand The Carpenters.
As for the girl I was dating her three other cousins at the same time.

They all knew about it.
Very busy.

Worth

August 5, 2016	#1
beasl004 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: AL Posts: 46	Muskrat Love I'm traveling this week and woke up to a text from my wife telling me that the muskrat that lives in the lake behind us had gotten into the garden and gorged himself last night. Not good news to wake up to. About 10 minutes later she texted me again to tell me that not only did the rat get into the garden but that he ate so much that he got stuck trying to get back out through the chain link fence around the garden and was now turtle food. Its amazing how bad news can sometimes turn into news that makes you smile all day long once the whole story is known.

August 6, 2016	#3
matereater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia) Posts: 1,264	Tree chickens ??? never heard the term before, what is it ? __________________ Steve Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

August 5, 2016	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I am waiting for a cold snap and there will be a few less critters around my place. Rabbit. Deer and tree chickens. They will all go in the frying pan. I might leave the rabbits alone. Worth

August 6, 2016	#5
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	I have some kind of critter in my garden that likes to move vegetables around, but not eat them. I placed some early ripe cucumbers on the ground beneath the vines to allow the seeds to harden before I harvest the seed. Something picked a cucumber up and moved it to the other side of the garden. It had tooth marks on it, but I can't identify the marks. The same thing happened with a couple of tomatoes i laid on the soil intending to pick the up the following day. I have a four foot tall hog wire fence around my garden and larger animals can't get through the wire mesh. I'm sure the critter must be climbing over the fence. My first thought was a racoon, but coons usually eat the veggies. They don't just move them around. Ted

August 6, 2016	#6
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	One of my goats went over my fence last week and took a bite out of most of my large tomatoes,ate the okra down to stems. I was so mad!

August 7, 2016	#7
Bulldog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 126	Squirrels, ground squirrels here. Eating all my tomatoes green or beginning to turn.

August 8, 2016	#8
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Bummer. I thought this thread was going to be about Captain and Tennille.

August 10, 2016	#11
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	That really wouldn't work out. He'd only able to rent the outfit, and date her on one night of the year, October 31st.