"Drew Lawson" wrote in message
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"Gus" writes:

I love to having a garden and it is not about saving money, but it is
a
fair amount of work and patience, and so frustrating when squirrels
take
what I planted and nurtured. Fresh garden tomatoes are the best
vegetable there is. But alas my skills are not on par with the lowly
squirrel. I surrender to the little mammal with better gardening
street
skills.

I keep reading these threads and, while greatful, I am puzzled as
to why squirrels don't give me any noticable problems. We have a
large number of gray squirrels, but as far as I can tell, all they
do in my yard is plant walnuts and spill birdseed.

My dad never had problems with squirrels; he lived in Erie, PA. He
raised tomatoes every year for decades and had plenty of them. He had
some rabbit issues, but he put a fence and they stayed out... Oddly, I
never have any rabbit issues-- even had lettuce last couple years and
they never ate any of it. There are rabbits around here but not as
prevalent as squirrels.