Squirrels can provide some amusement

John Zvirovski, Jamestown Sun garden editor John M. Steiner / The Jamestown Sun If you are looking for some cheap entertainment during this fall season or need a little time out, pull up a chair to the window and observe the squirrels running around the yard. They are very active this time of year, gathering their food sources to make it through the winter. Squirrels are interesting critters. They don t really damage much in the yard, but they seem to be around all the time and get to be a nuisance in other ways. Their most destructive nature comes out when you have bird feeders in the yard, as they like to try to get at the food any way they can. Wooden feeders are most at risk — the squirrels will chew them up in order to get at their contents. Metal feeders hurt their teeth a bit more and create more of a barrier. They also dig many holes around the yard in the fall, trying to bury the food they have gathered. I notice it most in my gardens where I have mulch, as it is scatt