Chipmonks or Chizzlers

Well, I guess it’s time to get back to that question. Ho Hum.

Since we seen our first “chippy” this morning happily eating under one of the birdfeeders, I guess that cinches it. Chippies it is.

Last summer we tried to create a garden. “Tried” being the operative word there.

We tilled, fertilized, fed, watered and planted some corn. Oh how they enjoyed that. The war was on.

I’d plant, and they would dig up almost as fast. We had even put up a chicken wire type barrier. All that did was make them work a little smarter.

Off to the internet for help solving the problem. OH OH not much help,,,get the books out. Moth balls/crystals. Ahh, that we have. HEHEHE as I sprinkle them around the outside of wire. Thinking I outsmarted them, I rested easy that night.

Next morning I did my normal garden check,,,,, They did it again. I was thinking drastic thoughts by now. (Get the .22 out.) But they are cute. OK, next thought as I am replanting some more corn kernals. HAHA, Idea!!!

I go into the house and get about a dozen clear plastic 12 oz. cups. Cut a hole in the center of the bottom. Dig out my 1/8″ dowels and put them thru the bottom of cup and stick the other end in the ground, very effectively covering the newly planted corn kernals. I check them for stability, they are fine, and the holes in bottom are tight enough that the cup won’t slide up.

I do the garden check next morning, chuckling to myself. OH NO!!! The little critters dug under the cup and swipped the kernal. Oh Great, now what. I’m out of ideas now. Never having had to deal with this problem, I didn’t have many to start with.

The book has some great ideas, guess I’m going to have to employ some of them.

About now he is trying to figure out where all his bushes went that were there last year. Chuckle,,,they are gone. Only the stumps remain. Along with the “gone” bushes are all the hiddy holes and escape routes they used on a regular basis.