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Old 11-14-2017, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bjeanj View Post
Well, it looks like I was wrong about the slugs. Our dog just scared away a squirrel apparently munching on the mums. Never found any dead slugs. My $10 can of Sluggo is about 1/2 full if anyone wants it. Next spring, I’ll just plant something different.
I planted drift roses alongside our driveway. They were lovely — for a brief and shining moment.

THEN something started chomping off the buds and blooms. Had this happened up north, I would have suspected a whitetail deer, but this was in TV.

One night, long after dark, we pulled into our driveway — and there was the guilty rabbit looking at us. I guess he liked to dine fashionably late. I gave up.

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