see.squirrel.damage

Ah to be a gardener in Chicago...

We face so many challenges: weather (cold temps for baby seedlings), wind (strong forces that break baby seedlings), and the worst of the all... squirrels!

We have been nursing our baby seedlings in pots, moving them in and outside, in order to grow nice and strong before we plant them.

The other day however, we found this!

I found this: I call it the 'angry farmer face'

and more of this:

Seems as though Chicago squirrels must wait an extra long time before they see ANYTHING green so... when they spotted our sweet little baby seedlings resting on the ledge they tore into them searching for seeds and delicious morsels of plant based nutrients.

Squirrels are not careful, no, they are twitchy, spastic, and compulsive (kind of like me in the morning after coffee).

So now we aren't feeding the dog until he catches a squirrel.

Just kidding.

(the dog eats better then we do by the way)

But he is on guard outside most days now. Just sitting next to the seedlings. Waiting, watching, and attempting to pounce on anything that enters the area.

good dog