Musashi wrote:
> My green shiso has just about completely died. My wife already took some tops for shio-zuke.
> I was waiting for the rest of the seeds to fall naturally
> as they do each year, giving me an automatic crop next summer.
> Yesterday I found 2 squirrels in the shiso patch, breaking the
> stems and eating the seed tops. I have never seen this before.
> I hope I still get a crop next summer.
>

I've never seen the squirrels eat my red shiso, and we have plenty of
squirrels. They dig in my lawn more than anything else. Maybe your
squirrels don't have any other options, like the abundant acorns and
hickory nuts we have here.

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Dan