Garden Update: How Raccoons "Helped" Me Garden

So far, my efforts in container gardening have gone fairly well. Of course, there’s always setbacks – a cold snap killed off most of my plants a few months back, and now raccoons have decided to dig for treasure in the planters:

Planter torn up by raccoons

Big hole dug by raccoons

Here’s the really bizarre part. Jai had been trying to grow an avocado plant indoors, but it wasn’t doing too well. He decided to stick it in the planter a few months back, just for fun. Well, the raccoon dug it out of the first planter, carried it over to the second planter, and stuck it into a hole they dug. They were “Helping” me transplant it!

Transplanted Avocado starter

And how do we know it was a raccoon?

Raccoon

6 Responses to “Garden Update: How Raccoons "Helped" Me Garden”

  1. 1
    Angela says:

    Thanks for the laugh!

  2. 2
    Mersida says:

    That is hilarious! At least you got some 'help'

  3. 3
    Anonymous says:

    I am growing an avocado tree and have it in a pot. I'll take a pic to show you. Its kinda cool!

  4. 4
    Beeb says:

    Glad you guys got a chuckle from this too! You'd think I'd be unhappy that my garden was torn up, but I was too busy laughing.

    Anon, I'd love to see a pic of your Avocado tree!

  5. 5

    So funny … who knew you’d have a little helper? He’s a cutie but he looks like a troublemaker!

  6. 6
    Beeb says:

    Randi – totally! I love racoons, but yep, they can sure cause trouble! 😉

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