Mom & Me Four Archive

    In case you want to know what javelina look like and why they are interested in domesticated yards, this Walking Prescott post has a good picture, toward the end, of a javelina family. The post focuses on javelina supremacy in the Prescott stand-off between domestic gardeners and domestic-garden-loving javelina. In my area, javelina have been known to ascend balcony stairs to go after my neighbor's to the east herb garden and dig underneath chain-link fencing to eat the new tomato and pepper plants lovingly set by my neighbor to the west. The reason I know about both these incidents is that I heard the squealing of the stuck javelinas in both cases and came out to investigate. In our yard, the javelina provided a long running lesson on how to secure a compost bin from being knocked over and plowed through every night. Since our yard is fairly wild, as well, during the lean times they often snuffle around at night in our open front yard, looking for treats. Our cats and I heard the first seasonal javelina tour group outside our eastern Arcadia door yesterday evening, in fact. No, nowhere near to the newly planted bulbs, luckily.