Golly Pete!

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Golly Pete! That’s what I say when I’m surprised and annoyed. Golly Pete is what I exclaimed as I looked at the morning glory plants near the front steps. Shawn had shared her seeds with me, and rather late in the season I planted them there, and under a trellis on the back of the house. I had already checked the back ones when I took Kacey out. There were no blooms, but the plants looked healthy. They should. I’ve been watering them twice a day. When I came back from the morning walk, I checked the two pots near the stairs. THERE WERE NO PLANTS IN THE POTS! There were no stems climbing up the posts. All green living matter had disappeared. The dirt had not been disturbed at all, leading me to believe the plants were eaten, not uprooted and taken away.

Neighbor Joyce has been battling squirrels that climb her lovely sunflowers and ride them down to the ground. I can imagine some sneaky squirrel selling tickets for the thrill of a lifetime at the sunflower carnival. Other critters have eyed and tasted her vegetables. She also has a few peppers that have begun to self-destruct from the inside out. Growing things is not for the faint-hearted.

The only plan of action I have is not to plant morning glory seeds near the steps. Here is the only photo I took of one at the front. I hope it was tasty and nutritionally good for the creature that ate it. Judging by the color of the bloom, the plant was in the pink of health.

Morning Glory in a hostile environment
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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  4. I can attest that deer LOVE every aspect of the morning glory – leaves, vine and flowers. I have not seen squirrels bother them but I have seen grasshoppers take them down to nubs overnight. Squirrels eat almost everything as well but I think they get sidetracked with the fruit trees and the nut trees. Maybe morning glories and other garden vegetables are low on their list of eats! LOL

    I’ve never heard of Golly Pete. I like it!! 🙂

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    1. Thank you for commenting. I thought just the other day that I hadn’t seen you in ages. Wonder if that means I’m no longer properly connected to you. Every once in a while people disappear, and it’s because of the links, somehow.

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      1. It’s nothing to do with you or any settings. Since Forrest’s accident I don’t often have time to read, and I haven’t posted anything since the accident. Sadly, I’ll probably let my own blog go in October when fees are due again. That is mostly due to YouTube closing my channel that I used to post wildlife videos to WordPress. Any video I had connected with my blog is now gone. I was cited for graphic and disturbing videos (deer hoofing and skill building – what deer do normally) and cruelty to animals (two old roosters having their annual male dominance match – nothing disturbing, funny if anything – two old fellas falling over while sparring), and inappropriate for children to view. The world is changing. Beautiful nature stories and experiences with the wild things are no longer cool or interesting. Someone at YouTube found it highly offensive. I’ll just bow out gracefully. Hopefully, I can find more time to read though. I do enjoy you’re stories Anne. ❤

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      1. To be honest I never saw the armadillo either but only the holes the dug besides all the bulbs and plants they uprooted..I just think it was them.?? It was a total destruction zip had been working so hard on to be part of theGrowing Kindness Project. Needless to say my efforts was a bust on top of messing my back up.

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  11. I may adore my squirrels at the Park but I have had them terrorize my backyard back in the day. The worst was when I bought a life-sized Holly Hobbie doll for my garden. It was made of wood and its pink flowered bonnet and dress were made of oilcloth. The bonnet was stuffed to make it look three dimensional. Holly Hobbie never showed her face if you recall – she was looking down and all you saw was the bonnet. So I bought it on a Saturday. My kindly Southern neighbor helped me stake it into the garden securely. The next day the bonnet was torn to shreds all over the yard, half the oilcloth dress was pulled off. I was upset and later that day, they had chewed her black wooden boots made and left them in a pile by the doll. It went out in the garbage on Monday morning before I left for work. So yes, I “get” it.

    I did laugh at this statement Anne: “Neighbor Joyce has been battling squirrels that climb her lovely sunflowers and ride them down to the ground. I can imagine some sneaky squirrel selling tickets for the thrill of a lifetime at the sunflower carnival.”

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  12. 😫 That makes me so sad! They were doing so well and you were proud of them. I did see two young deer in our back yard last Thursday Eve. They could be the culprit! 🌸

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  13. I went out this morning to see a young deer munching away on the Ruby Pearls Succulent I had moved out to get more sunshine. The long strands of pearls were munched up to the lip of the pot. I said to myself “They are hungry. The development here is crowding them out yet again.” It is the first deer in the yard we have seen in over a year since the development across the woods started. Once before when this happened, I just put deer corn out at the bottom of the hill, and they did not feel the need to come eat my plants. It seemed like a fair compromise.

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  14. I’ve never heard of Golly Pete.Neighbor Joyce has been battling squirrels that climb her lovely sunflowers and ride them down to the ground. Squirrel 🐿️ is good & intelligent. He immediately runaway & climbing on the tree ,He eat punute.

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  16. I wish some critter would eat our morning glories. They are taking over everything. I pulled a lot out this spring but the ones that remain have gone crazy!

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