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poohbear_nc · 10-28-2015, 07:44 PM

I'm having a squirrel hunt this week at my house .... followed by a squirrel BBQ!!

I wish .....

So, last weekend I ordered 2 pallets (40 bales) of pine straw to bed the newly trimmed juniper bushes for the winter .... and the forecast promptly changed to rain for the delivery date.

So, the dump truck driver was really great, and stacked the bales in the most compact formation possible on the driveway, and helped me enclose them under a drop sheet. I even put rakes on top to anchor the plastic.

So, I went to bed, listening to the drumming of a steady downpour all night, feeling no anxiety about the straw bales.

So, I got up this morning and looked out the deck door .... at my now exposed bales blissfully soaking up the steady downpour. Why? It seems that the curious squirrels had burrowed under the drop sheet and began pulling straw out of the bales ... who knows - maybe burying nuts in a safe place. I ran out and slid over the loose wet straw now covering the driveway and reattached the drop sheet over the now largely sodden bales.

So, it rained all day.

So, I got home from work and found that the culprits had returned, and once again removed the drop sheet over most of the bales. Which now weigh more than I do ....

Anyone have a 12 gauge that I can borrow? I'll invite you to the BBQ!

10-28-2015, 07:44 PM	#26603
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,799 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I'm having a squirrel hunt this week at my house .... followed by a squirrel BBQ!! I wish ..... So, last weekend I ordered 2 pallets (40 bales) of pine straw to bed the newly trimmed juniper bushes for the winter .... and the forecast promptly changed to rain for the delivery date. So, the dump truck driver was really great, and stacked the bales in the most compact formation possible on the driveway, and helped me enclose them under a drop sheet. I even put rakes on top to anchor the plastic. So, I went to bed, listening to the drumming of a steady downpour all night, feeling no anxiety about the straw bales. So, I got up this morning and looked out the deck door .... at my now exposed bales blissfully soaking up the steady downpour. Why? It seems that the curious squirrels had burrowed under the drop sheet and began pulling straw out of the bales ... who knows - maybe burying nuts in a safe place. I ran out and slid over the loose wet straw now covering the driveway and reattached the drop sheet over the now largely sodden bales. So, it rained all day. So, I got home from work and found that the culprits had returned, and once again removed the drop sheet over most of the bales. Which now weigh more than I do .... Anyone have a 12 gauge that I can borrow? I'll invite you to the BBQ!