I planted some containers of herbs on my front porch and yesterday found 3
of the basil plants missing. Just completely pulled up and gone, no roots,
no leaves, no nothing left but a hole. Some of my sage leaves have also
been cut off. This is on a third floor balcony so I can't blame it on the
neighbors or their pets. I have known squirrels to steal tomatoes but whole
herb plants? And usually they dig but in this case the mulch around the
missing plants was undisturbed. Any ideas on what could be doing this and
how to prevent it in the future?

TIA!

LauraJ