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The Great Squirrel Heist of 2023 on my 4th-floor fire escape
So last summer, I was growing these beautiful cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket on my fire escape in Chicago. I had maybe 15 perfect, almost-ripe ones. I went inside for ten minutes to grab a drink. Came back out, and EVERY single tomato was gone. Not a trace. I was baffled. Then I saw him. A squirrel, four stories up, sitting on the railing across the way, holding the last tomato in his little paws like a tiny burger. He just stared at me, took a big bite, and scurried off. I swear he had a partner. I invested in a roll of chicken wire the next day and made a little cage for the basket. Has anyone else had a brazen balcony thief that made you feel totally outsmarted?
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finley7772mo ago
Okay but "invested in chicken wire" feels like a lot. It's a squirrel doing squirrel stuff, not a master criminal. They're just trying to eat. Maybe put the plants somewhere else instead of building a whole cage?
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