Yours or observed carnage in the neighborhood? Ours are untouched so far, but sometimes they get even. Often the critters are considerate enough to wait until after Halloween. We did spray the insides with vinegar and rub the cut surfaces with un-petroleum jelly.
Ours. At first we thought, oh hell, let him eat the pumpkin. Then it started getting gross and attracting flies. If I ever try again, I will spray it with vinegar, but maybe I don’t need a real pumpkin anymore since buying the metal one?
And here I was, ready to buy a porch pumpkin expressly for the local wildlife to eat! I never thought about flies, though. Maybe our lower temps would keep them away? We haven’t been out of the low 50s in weeks.
I’m going to call this a lack of imagination on my part. I could have simply moved the pumpkin to the back yard around the corner from the back door, where the squirrels could enjoy it but I wouldn’t have to see it or worry about the flies coming in the back door. It’s still in the 70s here (80 today), so flies are not as wild as summer, but they’re still around. So if you want to feed your wildlife, go for it…but maybe don’t put it right by your front door.
On the other hand, the squirrels do so much damage in my yard, I wan’t too thrilled with the idea of giving them yet another reason to come feast here.
The skeleton being positioned in a different spot in every photo is so funny. We didn’t buy a pumkin this year – maybe not last year either, come to think of it. I hate it when it gets warm enough in Oct. for the pumpkin to turn to smelly mush.
Yeah, that’s why I don’t carve mine…if you open them up, they rot. Also, when Maya was little she didn’t want to hurt them, so we would just draw a face on them. HA!
You know, for years they never ate them. And I see neighbors that don’t have this problem. It’s just our squirrel, I guess. He nibbled on it last year, but nothing like this.
Clever comic.
I mistook the pumpkin photo progression for a Halloween story/display featuring a small skeleton who chewed his way into and out of a pumpkin! (The squirrel makes more sense though, ha.)
LOL, I can totally see that! I mentioned on a prior post that the squirrel was nibbling my pumpkin, but if you missed that, you wouldn’t know. I like your story too though, so maybe it can mean that too! Perhaps the squirrel was framed???
What a naughty squirrel. I’m not sure the pumpkin would survive in our backyard either. But our issue would be rats, I think—or whatever eats my tomatoes every year.
Ugh, rats. Why are rats worse than squirrels? I don’t know! But while I would consider feeding the squirrels, I don’t want to feed any rats. We’ve had them here too, though, so probably best that I got rid of the pumpkin.
Yes, this is our front patio. I don’t really decorate for Halloween much, I prefer decorating for autumn, so this pumpkin and flowers will be great for that.
Those squirrels are AGGRESSIVE!! We can’t put pumpkins out until the day of Halloween or it will get eaten/gnawed at aggressively.
At the pumpkin event at the zoo, they had a display of “animal pumpkin carvings” that showed the pumpkins bitten or clawed by various animals. And then there was the black bear’s carving – which was just a stem of the pumpkin. The boys thought that was so funny!
Ha ha omg! The squirrels often dig in my front flower bed, but my pumpkins have remained unmolested thus far. The neighbour’s dog did steal one of my little pumpkins one year, but left his ball in exchange.
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AC
The pum[kin and the skeleton.
J
We put the skeleton on top, hoping that might keep the squirrel away, but nope. It just knocked the skeleton down.
StephLove
Yours or observed carnage in the neighborhood? Ours are untouched so far, but sometimes they get even. Often the critters are considerate enough to wait until after Halloween. We did spray the insides with vinegar and rub the cut surfaces with un-petroleum jelly.
J
Ours. At first we thought, oh hell, let him eat the pumpkin. Then it started getting gross and attracting flies. If I ever try again, I will spray it with vinegar, but maybe I don’t need a real pumpkin anymore since buying the metal one?
nance
Oh, my.
And here I was, ready to buy a porch pumpkin expressly for the local wildlife to eat! I never thought about flies, though. Maybe our lower temps would keep them away? We haven’t been out of the low 50s in weeks.
J
I’m going to call this a lack of imagination on my part. I could have simply moved the pumpkin to the back yard around the corner from the back door, where the squirrels could enjoy it but I wouldn’t have to see it or worry about the flies coming in the back door. It’s still in the 70s here (80 today), so flies are not as wild as summer, but they’re still around. So if you want to feed your wildlife, go for it…but maybe don’t put it right by your front door.
On the other hand, the squirrels do so much damage in my yard, I wan’t too thrilled with the idea of giving them yet another reason to come feast here.
ernie
The skeleton being positioned in a different spot in every photo is so funny. We didn’t buy a pumkin this year – maybe not last year either, come to think of it. I hate it when it gets warm enough in Oct. for the pumpkin to turn to smelly mush.
J
Yeah, that’s why I don’t carve mine…if you open them up, they rot. Also, when Maya was little she didn’t want to hurt them, so we would just draw a face on them. HA!
Margaret
I never knew that squirrels liked to eat pumpkin. I’m glad there are none around here.
J
You know, for years they never ate them. And I see neighbors that don’t have this problem. It’s just our squirrel, I guess. He nibbled on it last year, but nothing like this.
Suzanne
This is dark and hilarious ?
J
I thought it was funny when we put the alien skeleton (AS) on top to try to scare him, and then came out and AS was DOWN.
DB Stewart
Clever comic.
I mistook the pumpkin photo progression for a Halloween story/display featuring a small skeleton who chewed his way into and out of a pumpkin! (The squirrel makes more sense though, ha.)
J
LOL, I can totally see that! I mentioned on a prior post that the squirrel was nibbling my pumpkin, but if you missed that, you wouldn’t know. I like your story too though, so maybe it can mean that too! Perhaps the squirrel was framed???
Melissa
What a naughty squirrel. I’m not sure the pumpkin would survive in our backyard either. But our issue would be rats, I think—or whatever eats my tomatoes every year.
J
Ugh, rats. Why are rats worse than squirrels? I don’t know! But while I would consider feeding the squirrels, I don’t want to feed any rats. We’ve had them here too, though, so probably best that I got rid of the pumpkin.
coco
so nicely done! is it yours?
J
Yes, this is our front patio. I don’t really decorate for Halloween much, I prefer decorating for autumn, so this pumpkin and flowers will be great for that.
Lisa's Yarns
Those squirrels are AGGRESSIVE!! We can’t put pumpkins out until the day of Halloween or it will get eaten/gnawed at aggressively.
At the pumpkin event at the zoo, they had a display of “animal pumpkin carvings” that showed the pumpkins bitten or clawed by various animals. And then there was the black bear’s carving – which was just a stem of the pumpkin. The boys thought that was so funny!
J
LOL on the black bear’s ‘carving’, very cute.
Allison McCaskill
Ha ha omg! The squirrels often dig in my front flower bed, but my pumpkins have remained unmolested thus far. The neighbour’s dog did steal one of my little pumpkins one year, but left his ball in exchange.
J
LOL, I would say that your neighbor’s dog is very polite and considered that he purchased the pumpkin rather than stole it.
San
Oh man, you have one FEARLESS squirrel!
J
So fearless. He knocked over the alien!
Tobia | craftaliciousme
HaHaHa I thought this was supposed to look like it and a daily story for passers by.
Well, your George is on a roll.
J
LOL, yes, it could totally have been intentional! It wasn’t though, just a hungry squirrel.