The recent post about our little trees reminded me of this 2016 post:
Do you remember the five-foot-high fence that Andy built around the Limber pine to prevent the deer and elk from destroying more of the bark?
It wasn’t high enough.
It reminds me of this comic.
gocomics.com/ziggy
Click on picture for higher resolution.Being outside isn’t always idyllic.
June 21, 2020
Perfect timing. I was just thinking it’s time to put my houseplants outsise for the summer.
Fingers crossed for them. 😀
Ziggy’s little plant there would not be safe around us two boys:)
Woos, Lightning and Timber
I wouldn’t be surprised. 😀
Funny! But TRUE! I can see that quite a few critters could climb of jump over that fence.
Actually the damage was done by elk rubbing their antlers. Elk are BIG animals.
part of me wants to LOL and the other part CRINGES! 😀
Yes, nature isn’t always the way romantics portray it. 😀
LOL poor tree
Yes. It’s a hard life up there.
nature is usually so forgiving – but it seems that if you don’t want it to have issues, you have to be careful what you do/give it.
We haven’t noticed that much forgiveness up there. I hope you have better luck. 😀
So sorry about that beautiful tree. We have no elk here in the city, so when damage is done to plants, its usually deer.
Yes, a lot of people call deer “forest rats” because of the damage.
Thanks for the laughs out moment at the cartoon! Hilarious! That poor tree the deer must be desperate for a tree to climb over a fence to get to it.
We’re assuming it was an elk. They are BIG!
Oh lordy day, critters! Don’t get me started! I love them dearly but… well… I wish they would be more respectful. As my mom would say: “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” Love, Andrea xoxo
Yes, we had to give up our fenced-in garden years ago. The critters didn’t believe in sharing with us.
I have never seen an elk in real life…
We have a lot in our area. The only danger is driving home in the evening. We’ve even had them stop in the middle of the road and stare at us before moving off.
Now look who’s being funny! Incidentally I saw a video somewhere recently where a deer stood erect on his hind legs to drink out of a hummingbird feeder. He must have been 9 or 10 feet tall!
Down here it’s the bears who love hummingbird feeders. They need the calories and it’s best not to encourage them.