On a stroll around the garden to count still growing pumpkins, (they seem to appear daily) I came across this . . .
this pumpkin had a lot of promise — it had a unique shape, was getting larger every day, and was about ready to start turning orange.
We’ve ruled out mice and rabbits.
Probably not coons or possum either.
The teeth marks are large…
and …..well, that’s a lot of pumpkin gone!
Whatever is eating this gourd
loves pumpkin and has quite an appetite.
Sunday afternoon these rodents adorable visitors were in our front yard. There were 4 of them — the 3rd young one was a little more shy and didn’t want to come out of hiding for the photo shoot — maybe it was my choice of words?
Do deer eat pumpkins?
