escapee wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:07:32 GMT, "MPost" opined:

I have a peach tree. I harvested at least 10 bushels of peaches this year, and
that did not count the peaches with one bite out of it from the squirrels. If
you pear tree is producing so few fruits that a squirrel can compete with you,
maybe it's an idea to find out how to increase yields. There is no
compassionate way to keep wildlife out of the wild.



It is not so simple. My yard supports between two and three dozens
squirrels, due to the presence of about twenty hickories, several
oaks, and several walnuts. During the warm season they eat in
succession elm, ash, and maple seeds. They never touched the
raspberries, for example, though they have always taken most of the
mulberries from a weeping specimen in the frontyard.

But then all ash trees died within a year, due to the borer, and
suddenly they have a hole in their crop cycle. They have hammered the
raspberries and even tried a few tomatoes.