funny gardening stories

You may not believe it, but gardening can be an exciting adventure. Is not true. It really is. I can tell you the funniest stories about things that have happened to me in my garden. From big to small creatures, something fun happens every year!

I love the taste of fresh food picked straight from the garden. And also the creatures in my garden. Sometimes I think that all my effort is only for them. I remember one time when my little apple tree finally grew an apple. “Tomorrow,” I thought to myself. “Tomorrow I will pick the first and only apple that has grown on my apple tree and then I will eat it.” I just never got around to picking up my apple. A squirrel got there first. Which I might not have minded so much, except he only took two or three bites, he decided he didn’t like the apple and threw it away. I was almost tempted to eat the apple anyway, but I wasn’t quite sure if it would be a good idea.

Another time, when I was a little girl, my dad had this beautiful wild apple tree. One fall the tree was full of crabapples and my dad promised we would pick them when they were ready in a couple of days. The next day I went out into the garden to look at this wonderful wild apple tree. To my dismay one of the branches had snapped and all the crabapples on the branch were gone! During the night a bear came and ate all the crabapples. There is no wild apple jam for me. But at least the bear didn’t go hungry!

Years ago, there was a beaver that would come up from the creek to our yard, just to eat the dandelions that were growing in the grass. He didn’t want to move no matter what we were doing or how close we were to him. I have several photos of the beaver eating the dandelions. He didn’t even seem to notice that I was standing over him so he could take a close up photo. Another time I was mowing the grass with a lawn mower and he didn’t move at all, even when I got close to him. I finally had to put that piece of grass down and mow it the next day. I sure miss that beaver!