With all the birds in our yard Iām blown away that this happened. First thought considering the weeping wound is that there may have been a tasty insect on the vegetation and an inspecting bird plucked it off along with the green matter.
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Itās pretty sterile up here so I donāt know about the bug. Even the bees donāt discover my garden until late summer.
Itās just crazy. Iām only guessing a bird but it could be anything. Flying deer, Iām stumped.
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How high are you up there?
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I have had birds cut various kinds of small plant. Different kinds of herbs, strawberries, I think a chili too. Donāt know if they use it as cozy cushions in their nests or what they do with it. Sometimes the parts just lie next to the plant. 
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Iām on the 5th floor. Seeing a bug is like āohh a bugā because itās a rare occurrence.
Like I saw one of those invasive shield bugs last week and I remember because it doesnāt happen.
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Lol. I picture a bird doing this and it makes me want to put it in my oven at 400Ā° for a half hour. Jerks.
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Mine seemed to love melissa officinalis. Maybe get a pot to distract them.
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I swear by my row of feeders which keep the birds eating THEIR crops away from MY crops; and then strategic placed water sources to do the same for the birds, squirrels and racoons. So far the only damage I get are due to insects who cannot be reasoned with like the mammals.
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Or even a damned scarecrow. Thatād be good for a laugh. With a straw hat that blows away in the hurricane winds I get up here.
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NOTE: I have disco balls EVERYWHERE outside for light play. So, DISCO BALLS do not work to scare birds but do ADD THE FUNK to your outdoor space ;D
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I was just thinking of old CDs, I have actually done this and it worked to some extent. However I was afraid of chemicals ending up in my soil (the coating disintegrated after a while) so I stopped.
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Iām tempted to get a shotgun but I think itās frowned upon. Iāll need to check my condo terms of use.
Lol and whatās a āCDā? Is it like a laser disc or a Betamax?
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In my sorrow I decided to make butter. Also it empties a jar I need for my harvest.
8g Northern Lights to a 1/2 cup plus a little butter.
8g x 150 mg = 1200mg / 30 cookies @ 40mg per cookie.
Sounds good to me.
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A snail or a slug eat it?
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Grasshopper? Had a bigger plant topped by one. Whereās the security camera footage lol.
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I donāt think these are likely. The concrete balcony is not conducive to life. To the point where I have to raise the pots off the floor so the roots donāt cook.
Itās got to be a bird. Itās got to be. Or goblins.
I also thought it might be the dog but this particular planter is on stilts and itās ~3ā tall so thatās impossible.
Itās just so weird.
On a brighter note hereās some nice clean butter:
I will not eat it before it becomes cookies. I will not eat it before it becomes cookies. Mrs Foreigner would not like it.
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Now donāt be eating that butter before your bake with it got my eye on ya!
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I must not I must not I must not. Last time I ate the whole thing and was incapacitated for 2 days.
And itās quite gross to just eat straight butter but at the time it seemed like a fine thing to do.
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Medicated butter and lobsterā¦
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