Among Friends

[MoJoV]

eating my porch pumpkin. Stinker!

[Bird mama]

@MoJoV  And here I thought the squirrel was posing with the gift you left him/her.  

[Nightowlz]

They tore up one of our new law chairs. They ripped the padding out of it to use in their nest.

They also get in my hanging flower basket with Purslane in it. It's a weed which has pretty flowers on it that open during the day & close at night. Some use it in salads. The squirrel would sit in the basket eating his own salad. 

I have to put plants the cover the soil or something over the soil in all my flower pots to keep them from digging & planting their nuts.

I also see them sitting on the fence eating the neighbors Pears.

[meallen616]

They are talented!

[NicksmomESQ]

Cute!! I no longer put real pumpkins 🎃 out in front of my house. The animals always seem to get to them leaving me a mess to clean up.

[ValuSkr]

I no longer put pumpkins in front of the house either.  They just end up being eaten by squirrels and making a mess in the process.  They also dig in flower pots this time of year.  If a pot's not filled to the brim with plants, and they can see a speck of soil, they'll dig away.  I fill those pots with pine cones; it deters them but is not foolproof.  This afternoon there's potting soil (and pine cones) all over a corner of the front patio, where a squirrel made a mess.

[Krimpette]

I have my pumpkin up on a little wrought iron stand.  So far, so good!  Hope it stays that way!!!!!!!!

[dex]

Squirrels are really cute rascals.I try not to plant or put out anything they enjoy because they have caused a lot of damage to friends homes over the years.

[2blonde]

Geez, all this time I thought the little guys were so cute.  Maybe not so much for some people.  Where I live we have lots of Buckeye and acorn trees, so the squirrels seem to be kept busy with those.

[chrystaltree]

In our old house, we couldn't put real pumpkins out.  They were just a treat for the squirrels and racoons.