raccoons eating my crocus? Rabbits or squirrels?

hahahahaha! Let them eat cake.............. At least you were able to salvage some of your crop. Something was eating just the bottoms of my tomatoes and peppers last year. I don't think it was squirrels. Maybe it was that bunny! Imagine going into your yard to pick your first fruits EVER, because this is the first time I've planted a garden, only to find some critter got to it and didn't even have the decency to pick one off and eat it. NOOOOOO.......critter just munched on the bottoms of a couple of them and left them hanging for me to find. It was probably hiding out, watching and laughing at me when I discovered I could not use the food.

When the squirrels were in power, they'd do the same thing. They'd nibble on a bunch of them to find the perfectly-ripened tomato, then take that one to the top of the wall and pig out. I'd watch them from my kitchen window. Three squirrels chowing down on my first tomatoes in 20 some years... But they weren't dealing with just an average bear -- I mean human. I took all the "orange" ones and they never got to see another red tomato. By the way, I kept the nibbled-on tomatoes, because that was almost all of them. I'd have had to have thrown all of my red tomatoes away, if I'd been picky.

I didn't say I didn't chase them with the broom...:}

a stinky pest free yard lmao congratulations!

lol! There is one flower beginning to bud. It may be a few days yet before it pops out. I am waiting in anticipation. However, the mail lady is walking on my grass! GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Thanks a bunch! I've been doing some reading up on the best and least expensive deterrents for the little thieves. I read a garlic spray will keep them out, so I went to the dollar store and armed myself with several packages of dried garlic and a package or two of dried onion. I sprinkled the yard liberally. I was still not satisfied, as I have not heard of anyone using dried garlic and onion in their garden. I began to wonder if this would work. I actually lost sleep over those stinking little cottontails! This afternoon I went to the hardware and got some blood meal. All of the critters that may enter my yard and eat my hard work, dollars and my long awaited flowers detest blood meal. So now I have a yard that smells like garlic and a little like onion and the ammonia odor from the blood meal should begin to waft in the air as we are having a nice rain. I may have the stinkiest yard in the whole neighborhood but I am certain that now I will be pest free and will get to enjoy whatever blooms I have left of my crocus.

I did begin to think it was a rabbit rather than the raccoon. Rabbits are notorious for taking flowers in their mouths and spitting them out. Thank you!

I did not realize how poisonous moth balls are! Thank you for letting me know.