I know they eat our hazel nuts – all of them; there’s not a single nut left on the tree – but I still love these cute rodents!
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hehe, I love them too! They are sweet even if they do eat all the nuts.
I think our main reason for having the hazels is the cuteness of squirrels. They are a garden ornament in their own right!
At least they are cute. The worms are eating my nuts
They are not cute at all.
Squirrels are much more ornamental than worms, I agree.
-Søren
I too like the squirrels, but I guess if they are eating YOUR food, not as much.
I’m not sure I even own a nut cracker, so I’m sure I can survive without those few nuts. The squirrels are cute enough for the small loss to be amply compensated when they jump around in the trees!
One of the pleasures of visiting the UK this year was seeing squirrels – we don’t have them in Australia. I like your comment about having the hazelnuts for the squirrels. We have an almond tree for the rosellas (Australian parrots). It didn’t start off that way, you understand, we planted it for us, but then they discovered it… In fact, we now call it a Rosella Tree if anyone asks. Rosellas are prettier than almonds, anyway.
I’d definitely gladly swap a few almonds for the sight of rosellas in my garden. After all, you can go to the shops and get almonds if you really, really need them, right?
Sometimes it’s worth growing something just for the benefits it has to the animals in the garden, I think. Next year I plan to select my annual seeds in order to attract butterflies, so we shall see how that works out.