A pretty bloom
Well, maybe not a crime scene, however some dastardly critter (most probably a rabbit) has stolen one of the two remaining rose buds from this rose bush. I suspect that the perpetrator of the rose bud theft is also responsible for the wanton destruction of a couple of our sweet corn seedlings in the garden.
Roadtirement 
I hope you don’t have to fence off the area, keep the critters out.
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Logistically fencing is not really an option, except maybe the garden plot. We are thinking about bird netting for the strawberry plants, as the robins are already racing us for the ripe berries!
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This makes me smile (though maybe you didn’t)!
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Ya got to smile at the “wascally wabbit”. Thanks for dropping by.
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I apparently have a gopher now, though it’s only using my property for tunnels.
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Sounds like “Caddy Shack”. Hope Mr. Gopher just uses you as a highway….
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Lol… too bad I don’t golf
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😉
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Could it have been a deer. When we lived in Oregon, deer were always the culprit!
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A well photographed crisp survivor
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Thanks, Derrick
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A least you got to keep one.
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LOL, yea it could have been a wipeout!
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oh no! lovely rose. the lone survivor! 🙂
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await your resolve. When growing up, we would flood gopher holes Rabbits? Don’t know. with water. At least your pests are not skunks and raccoons, 🤔 Best regards!
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So far only rabbits. The gophers are gone, they did not like the coffee grounds in their tunnels apparently. We had a raccoon one time only a while back, and that was to raid a trash can that had lost it’s lid.
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The raccoon I suppose did not like the finds in the trash… these critters cause problems and there is nothing much people can do but come up with some homemade .. probably best. For me, all are a problem even squirrels.
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🙂
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Something has eaten our marigolds and pepper plants. Thought it was snails, but it wasn’t. Tomatoes and zucchini are fine.
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Our pepper plants just aren’t growing much at all. Some of our sweet corn has fallen prey to rabbits (we think its rabbits) and we’re in a daily contest with the robins to see who gets to the ripe ready to pick strawberry’s first.
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Ah. The pleasures of backyard gardening.
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Rabbits can definitely be pests but I think I’d take them over squirrels any day of the week. Course it’s easy to say when you have two big dogs to chase them off. Squirrels however know their limitations and scurry up trees to cause damage out of the reach of pooches. Paws crossed you are able to enjoy the produce from your garden.
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Our sweet corn took the biggest hit with over half of the seedlings nipped off at ground level. The remaining corn however is doing fine. We have already harvested strawberries and lettuce. Thanks for the visit and comment! 😀
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Ouch on the corn but so jealous about your berries. The squirrels around my garden/neighborhood filch berries faster than they can be harvested. Some days I feel like Elmer Fudd on the patio at the ready to chase them off.
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We actually saw a Robin grab a ripe strawberry right off of the plant one day! I know what you mean about feeling like Elmer Fudd… 😂
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😊 Birds seem to have signed a pact with some 4-legged critters. Just ask anyone who has a cherry tree.
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