"rachael simpson" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
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Late yesterday afternoon, I was out checking the garden & flowers
before a storm came. Had boo-coodles of peppers, picked 2 to go along
with supper, and came in. All we had was a lightening storm by the
way, once again, no rain. This morning I go out, cut some collards,
pick some crook-neck squash, cucumbers, and dig a few pototoes. Go
around to pick my peppers, and guess what?? None, no peppers to be
seen at all. What else do I find? 3 toad homes. Now last year, one
night I caught a frog eating my peppers. Guess it came back this year
and brought some friends for a "pepper" party. Oh well, so much for
hot pepper with my collards..............
Frogs eat hot peppers??? How do they reach them? Are your plants laying
on the ground?
I wasn't just talking hot peppers, the bell peppers too. No, they are
not laying on the ground. The plants are short and the peppers are
hanging down towards the ground. They eat the ends off, like deer and
rabbits. I'm not talking tree frogs, it's toads and bull frogs. They
are big enough to reach plants you know

Sounds like it's time to surround the plants with something
uncomfortable, like a thin piece of wood with the business ends of some
staples facing straight up. I don't mind sharing some of the crop, but
when the wild kingdom gets out of hand, drastic measures are called for.
Now, time to go see if the squirrels have had enough strawberries.
They're caged, but I leave about 10% of the patch uncovered, just to keep
the lawn rats from complaining.

ha-ha, alright, i get it, you don't believe me........why don't you just
say so? I'll see about getting pics of the frogs and pepper plants after
supper.........although, I did kill one frog........cooking a side of frog
legs with supper.

I believe you! I'm just saying that we each have our limits as to how much
we're prepared share. If they were my plants, I'd stake them if that would
keep the peppers high enough so the little *******s couldn't reach them. Or,
use the aforementioned wood/staple mine field. I have toads in my garden,
but I haven't attributed any damage to them, yet. When I find a toad
campsite, I stick a plastic plant marker next to it so I don't massacre the
creature later. I figure it probably helps me control slugs and bugs.