What animal is eating my garden?
What animal is eating my garden?
Rabbits, Voles, Woodchucks, Deer, Chipmunks, Squirrels. All eat leaves or fruits of plants in vegetable gardens. Symptoms include: Large parts of the plant are chewed off.
Who owns Brooksby Farm Peabody MA?
the City of Peabody
Open year-round, the farm is owned by the City of Peabody and located at the site of a 100+ year-old orchard.
How many acres is Brooksby Farm?
275 acre
Brooksby Farm is a 275 acre working farm and conservation area. Visitors can pick apples, strawberries and raspberries at the orchards, visit the petting zoo, browse the farm stand, hike or cross-country ski on the many trails on the property.
What fruit picking season is it in Massachusetts?
PYO Produce and Seasons:Strawberries and cherries in June; currants in July; raspberries, blueberries, blackberries in July and August; apples in September and October. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays.
What is eating my butternut squash?
Cucumber beetles, stink bugs and driedfruit beetles occasionally feed on soft butternut squash. As the squash matures and the rind hardens, damage is less likely. Symptoms of insect damage include discolored or blemished spots, or a white pithy area under the skin.
What is eating my peppers at night?
Insects are the most common pests that eat pepper plants at night. These are most commonly plant lice (aphids) and worms, which suck the sap and burrow into fruit. Moth caterpillars and beetles can also eat the leaves. You can narrow down the pest based on the damage to your pepper plants.
What is eating my squash?
Squash bugs (Anasa tristis) are one of the most common insect pests found on squash and pumpkins in the home garden.
Will squirrels eat squash?
Bite marks and/or missing fruit. Squirrels sometimes eat part of a tomato and leave the rest behind; other times, they eat the entire fruit. Other squirrel favorites include beans, squash, cucumbers, and eggplants.
Will squirrels eat pepper plants?
Squirrels do not eat the leaves of pepper plants but will burrow down and munch their roots. Moreover, they would rather steal your produce than chew it straight of. An effective repellent to use against squirrels is capsaicin. It’s a compound found in pepper and is responsible for its spicy nature.