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.
talk about full circle :-)
ReplyDeletea yes... what goes around, comes around!
ReplyDeleteAt last, a reason for cutworms' existence (they are really nasty!)
ReplyDeleteyea, 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 ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou 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!
ReplyDeleteOne 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.
ReplyDeleteI meant 'owning'
ReplyDeleteoh 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!
ReplyDeleteHa!! I'm a little behind (not the early bird) but I love the "trial by chicken"... haha!
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