31/10/2018
🎃 If you have some pumpkins left over then here’s some animals that will love to munch on them 🎃
🦌 Deer - These foragers like both the plant and the fruit. During the summer, they feed on the growing tips of the vines, and tender, newer leaves. Just as the plant is recovering, they return to feed again. In the Fall, they like the ripe fruit. They usually seek ripe pumpkins after the first frost, when foliage becomes scarce.
🐇 Rabbits - You may find rabbits in your pumpkin patch by day, or at night. Rabbits like the tender leaves and growing tips, as well as new, small fruits. If you have lots of other tender greens, like lettuce and beans, they will visit them
🐁 Mice and Moles - These pests burrow under your garden, disturbing the roots. More importantly, they tunnel under a ripening fruit, and up into it from the bottom in search of seeds.
🐿 Squirrels and Chipmunks - Squirrels and cute little Chipmunks love pumpkin seeds. Just as you are ready to harvest your fruit, you find they have gnawed through your pumpkin to extract the seeds. They are notorious at attacking pumpkins left out on the front step.
