I have written before in my blog how much I love my little vegetable garden. Despite its tiny size, I have gotten quite a lot out of it each year. In fact, last year I got enough tomatoes to make 20 quarts of tomato sauce. Not bad, eh? However, this year I already know there will not be a repeat performance.
My tomato plants took off early, and before long, they were truly brimming with green tomatoes. However, by the time they began to turn their red color, I had begun to see the demise of each tomato. It seems, I am not the only one who was waiting for this year’s bumper crop. I have discovered my local chipmunks love them as well.
Each morning I head out to the garden to see what has gone on the night before and I find the remainders of slightly orange tomatoes strewn about the yard. The little pigs are eating ALL my crops! In addition, they do not even finish eating them! I can’t pick the green ones, although I should, and just eat them fried, but how many fried green tomatoes can one eat? I like the big red juicy tomatoes!
Even Daniel’s cucumbers have been nibbled on! We are running a midnight buffet in our yard and no one is leaving us a tip! Damn chipmunks. I wish they were not so cute.
