By Hoya105
Devon,
United Kingdom 
I have a few strawberries growing at the end of a deep bed that was mostly covered over (plastic) until yesterday. I uncovered it to plant my leeks out and found that some creature had been picking all the ripe strawberries and had piled them up a couple of foot away from the strawberries - under the cover. They had not been eaten and were rotting in their - quite big - heap. What could have done this? Also under the cover was a mammoth ant nest (it should move now i've watered it with (cold!) peppermint tea) but would ants do it????
21 Jun, 2010
Answers
AAh! well i don't mind that - i have more in my fruit cage. How funny of them to be so busy storing it - tho they don't keep! I looked today and about half the pile has gone - so i expect the mouse is in a panic to move them elsewhere!!!
Rats i don't mind either - as long as they stay outside!! years ago i had them living in the house and crawling over everything - yeuch! - they would cavort around all night - whilst my lurcher and 2 cats sat on the sofa looking embarassed!
Many thanks, hoya
22 Jun, 2010
Previous question
I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM A WEEK AGO, I FOUND THE CULPRIT IT WAS A FIELD MOUSE, IT STORES EVERYTHING IT CAN GET HOLD OF, I DONT MEAN TO ALARM YOU BUT THE RAT DOES IT TO,,, I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE SQUIRREL BUT IT COULDNT FIT THROUGH THE GAP,IN MY STRAWBERRY PLANTER,
IT BURROWED THROUGH, AND THE MOUSE WAS ALSO PINCHING MY FISH PELLETS FROM MY POND AN STORING IT TOO,
21 Jun, 2010