Golden Greeks - Ended (with story)

[Shawn]

Well, today I finally terminated the Greeks.  They had a long haul.  Started in the Extra in January.  Eventually in July planted in a pot outside.  

This past week Proxy has been at the door to the deck barking up a storm.   Not thinking much about it I would just tell Proxy to quiet.  Yesterday I went out there and found the Greeks laying on their side.  The pot appeared to be pushed over.  I lifted it and there were some missing pepper pieces.  Ok was it the weather or wind?  Could it just have been they were over ripe and were going bad?  I had no clue. I just placed it upright back on the deck and let it be.

This morning I opened the blinds to the door and there I saw it.  I now know what Proxy was barking at.   A squirrel eating the last of the Greeks on the plant.  Do they like peppers?  I guess so.  Of course it was sprinting around the deck.  These peppers have a kick so I wonder it it gave this squirrel zippy powers LOL

Regardless, now I know why I had missing peppers lately.


Here it is from two months ago.   A good pepper and project.  One that will be repeated at some point.

Well you know I hate hot peppers. Outside in my EB's I planted a project of hot banana..unharvested except for 1 so I could see what they tasted like and a few to scare. OMG!
Every pepper went untouched except a few I broke open and left on top of the soil. And for once , THE SQUIRRELS LEFT MY TOMATOES and SWEET PEPPERS  ALONE! So my strategy worked.

[Shawn]

At least yours worked!  
Now maybe the squirrels wont bother us on the deck any more.

[MaryL]

That will have to be my strategy next year.  The 4 different tomato plants on the south side of the garden were all eaten just as they were starting to change color - I got none!   Curiously, the plants on the northwest side of the garden were untouched.  

And I definitely want to try the Golden Greeks!