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..............

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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?

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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 and toads do not eat peppers.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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

Manelli Family wrote:

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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 and toads do not eat peppers.


I'll try to get pics later to post...................

In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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?

Lying, Joe. Lying. Unless Rachael's plants are more "active" pollinators
than mine. Now run for it. Persephone will be along any minute with a
rolled-up copy of the L.A. Times.
--
Billy
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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.

rachael simpson wrote:
Manelli Family wrote:

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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 and toads do not eat peppers.


I'll try to get pics later to post...................

You really should -- it might make you famous since no frog or toad I've
heard of or seen documented is a herbivore (or frugivore, since a pepper
really is fruit) after the tadpole stage. Oh. And make sure that the
peppers in question haven't been damaged by some other likely creature
like a rabbit and then gave refuge to some insects that would attract
the frog. Send your pictures to experts at several universities and you
may make it into at least a scholarly paper.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
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.

On Jun 30, 2:53?pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message

...

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 and toads do not eat peppers.

Right, as far as I know frogs and toads are carnivores.

Sheldon wrote:
On Jun 30, 2:53?pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message

...

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 and toads do not eat peppers.

Right, as far as I know frogs and toads are carnivores.


Hi, guess you didn't read *my* post. I posted to please ignore the OP
on this one. Someone else posted it (and several others, as well as
some emails) in my name. It's been taken care of own my end - other
than my creditability with you guys.............

Rae

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Sheldon wrote:
On Jun 30, 2:53?pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message

...

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 and toads do not eat peppers.

Right, as far as I know frogs and toads are carnivores.


Hi, guess you didn't read *my* post. I posted to please ignore the OP on
this one. Someone else posted it (and several others, as well as some
emails) in my name. It's been taken care of own my end - other than my
creditability with you guys.............

Rae


"creditability"? :-)

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Sheldon wrote:
On Jun 30, 2:53?pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message

...

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 and toads do not eat peppers.
Right, as far as I know frogs and toads are carnivores.


Hi, guess you didn't read *my* post. I posted to please ignore the OP on
this one. Someone else posted it (and several others, as well as some
emails) in my name. It's been taken care of own my end - other than my
creditability with you guys.............

Rae


"creditability"? :-)



yeah....well.....what else would you call it? lol. in a lot of ways,
it kinda made me look like an idiot, don't you think? I can assure
everyone that this kind of thing won't happen anymore, though. What it
boiled down to, once I found out what had taken place, was this:

student in the local early college program took a computer course,
something to do with networking security. They were actually taught
*hacking*, and as a weekend assignment, they had to successfully hack
into the computer of someone they knew. They were to discover the
traits of the person, and then send an email or post in that person's
name, while portraying that person. It turns out, they were suppose to
let the person know that they were doing that, and get permission.
Unfortunately for me, I was the recipient, but didn't know til it was
over with. I then *punished* a boy that had been on my computer all day
while I worked in the yard, only to find out that he had nothing to do
with it to begin with, and i also apologized to him.

And thus was another *day of my life*
LOL

Rae

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Sheldon wrote:
On Jun 30, 2:53?pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message

...

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 and toads do not eat peppers.
Right, as far as I know frogs and toads are carnivores.


Hi, guess you didn't read *my* post. I posted to please ignore the OP
on this one. Someone else posted it (and several others, as well as
some emails) in my name. It's been taken care of own my end - other
than my creditability with you guys.............

Rae


"creditability"? :-)

yeah....well.....what else would you call it? lol. in a lot of ways, it
kinda made me look like an idiot, don't you think? I can assure everyone
that this kind of thing won't happen anymore, though. What it boiled down
to, once I found out what had taken place, was this:

student in the local early college program took a computer course,
something to do with networking security. They were actually taught
*hacking*, and as a weekend assignment, they had to successfully hack into
the computer of someone they knew. They were to discover the traits of
the person, and then send an email or post in that person's name, while
portraying that person. It turns out, they were suppose to let the person
know that they were doing that, and get permission. Unfortunately for me,
I was the recipient, but didn't know til it was over with. I then
*punished* a boy that had been on my computer all day while I worked in
the yard, only to find out that he had nothing to do with it to begin
with, and i also apologized to him.

And thus was another *day of my life*
LOL

Rae

Credibility, Ms. Woman. Not "creditibility".