I’m learning a thing or two from my tomatoes this week.
About 10 days or so ago, the javelina came back and decided, having eaten all of his preferred sweet potato greens and watermelons, he’d give the tomatoes a try. He gave two beds a good stomping through and ate as he went, destroying some expensive insect netting as well.
I mindfully reflected on all the many tomatoes we’d eaten, given away, and canned. It was our best tomato year ever. So I declared it the end of the season and tried not to be unhappy.
Going out to start clearing the beds today, I found though that the tomatoes are having a mini-resurgence. Huh.
Mini tomatoes equals mini resurgence?
Thanks for spurring me to look up the javelina. I do not suppose you are hunters even though the javelinas are classified as big game by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
I was initially thinking that perhaps javelinas were female javelin throwers and wondering why they stomped through tomato patches.
Indeed, we are not hunters, nor do we condone hunting. On the right day though, I might entertain letting someone go after this pest. :)