A squirrel leaping from bough to bough,
and making the wood but one wide tree for his pleasure,
fills the eye not less than a lion,--is beautiful, self-sufficing
and stands then and there for nature."--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Sure they are lovely creatures, but did they have to eat all the fruits of my fig tree? It's not exactly a bumper crop and those squirrels could've left me some for dessert.
The tree is only a year old and about 3 feet tall, with beautiful leaves and about half a dozen fruits. I was careful not to injure the fruits while I'm tending the plant, but one morning I discovered all of them were gone!
Those little rascals! Aren't the acorns and pinecone seeds good enough for them? And I was planning to make fig jam from my harvest, now I would have to just settle for Fig Newton!
