limey wrote:
> I have a small herb garden under my breakfast room window - chives,
> parsley, oregano, thyme, basil, lemon balm (don't know why I grew that)
> and, finally, dill. The dill was pretty well finished - had formed
> large seed heads which I planned to cut and dry. Fat chance - when I
> got up, some darned deer had stripped everything on the dill plants,
> right down to the main stems. Where's Elmer Fudd when I need him? End
> of rant.
>
> Dora


You have my sympathy. We don't have deer, but the squirrels eat
whatever apricots we manage to grow and I've seen one run across the
lawn with a ripe tomato in its mouth. Our concord grapes are still six
weeks away from being ripe, but I've already heard raccoons marching
across the roof to check them out. They'll get more of them than we
will. We also have foxes and rabbits, but I haven't noticed any damage
from them.

gloria p