http://borkweb.com/story/squirrel-vs-sunflower Some People Are Squirrel Handed. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://borkweb.com/story/squirrel-vs-sunflower/comment-page-1#comment-41161 Matt Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:58:26 +0000 http://borkweb.com/story/squirrel-vs-sunflower#comment-41161 Sadly, I don't know of a way to stop the little critters. They continued to climb up the stalks and swipe the heads. We're hoping that this year they'll forget the flowers exist, but I doubt that'll work. Sadly, I don’t know of a way to stop the little critters. They continued to climb up the stalks and swipe the heads. We’re hoping that this year they’ll forget the flowers exist, but I doubt that’ll work.

]]> http://borkweb.com/story/squirrel-vs-sunflower/comment-page-1#comment-41160 simon Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:56:01 +0000 http://borkweb.com/story/squirrel-vs-sunflower#comment-41160 I think this is what happened to mine! had a big beautiful one, the seeds werent even ready yet and I came outside to find the head 80% gone/eaten, with leaf carnage everywhere- the top 4 had been ripped off. on top of that, his neighbor (a taller but thinner flower) was broken. I assumed they had jumped from the fence next to the flowers, but your pix look like they can just climb the stalks!? is there anyway to stop them? I think this is what happened to mine! had a big beautiful one, the seeds werent even ready yet and I came outside to find the head 80% gone/eaten, with leaf carnage everywhere- the top 4 had been ripped off. on top of that, his neighbor (a taller but thinner flower) was broken. I assumed they had jumped from the fence next to the flowers, but your pix look like they can just climb the stalks!? is there anyway to stop them?

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