Let the Battle Begin!

Cute but Destructive!

This evening, as I was watering the garden, I noticed several small trees missing from the other side of Piscataway Creek.  As noted in a previous blog, we have been seeing signs of a beaver.  As I continued to water the garden, I was surprised by the bold beaver, surfacing right in front of where I was standing.  “I suppose there is enough woods here for you my little friend,” I thought.  But I was even more startled when a second beaver surfaced just a few feet away.  I started to worry.  Perhaps it is a male and a female…  “I don’t want little beavers running around here, so no hanky panky,” I said to the beavers.  But as if mocking my comment, two more beavers, much smaller surfaced.  The four of them sat eying me, wondering what I was doing behind that fence.  If they only knew the tasty treats growing in the garden.  Fear set in.  I immediately set to work securing the fence.  Making sure every inch of it was staked down and covered with a thick bedding of straw.  The fence seems to be pig tight, but is it beaver tight?  Time will tell…