I scratched around the base of the pea plant, and sure enough, the enemy was uncovered. I documented the damage and the perpetrator for you.
Assuming that he was guilty as charged, I decide to give him trial by chicken. The chickens are summoned to jury duty.
It is always fun to see which early bird will get the worm.
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talk about full circle :-)
a yes... what goes around, comes around!
At last, a reason for cutworms' existence (they are really nasty!)
yea, cutworms are one of those life forms at the bottom of the food chain...thank goodness for chickens!!!..they have been doing a good job on the ticks too. Most of my neighbors are complaining that it is a bad year for ticks...but our chickens took care of that problem long ago ;-)
You weren't happy, the pea plant wasn't happy, the caterpillar wasn't happy to get caught but I bet that chicken was very happy!
One of the unspoken pleasure of woning chickens is the perverse glee you get from feeding them garden pests. I fill mason jars with Japanese beetles and dole them out one by one, chickens nearly standing on top of one another.
I meant 'owning'
oh yea, they LOVE them some Japanese Beetles...I knock them into a bucket full of water and the chickens "bob for beetles"...rather crunchy though...yuck!
Ha!! I'm a little behind (not the early bird) but I love the "trial by chicken"... haha!
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