Weeks ago, we cut the heads from our sunflowers, left long stems, and sold them as Bird/Squirrel Feeders. Of course, the squirrels took the lion's share of the sunflower seeds, popping them, one after another, thousands of seeds, into their greedy gullets. When all was said and done, the squirrels won, but I never forgot the wisdom of Farmer Brown... words of advice when planting:
"One for the Blackbird, two for the crow... three for the cutworm, and four to grow.
As the sunflower heads vanished into the squirrels, little diamond mouth marks began to appear on our pumpkins. I suspect, the squirrels look for seeds, pop their teeth into the tough pumpkin skin, and move onto the next. Well, Farmer Brown's principles seem to have applied to pumpkins. Looks like we have enough for our Halloween customers, enough for rodent teething, and those who don't mind imperfection get a bargain as the agricultural farming season draws to a chilly close!
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