duckegg, i'm not sure. my wife has no real interest in the garden, but this year came home with a tomato plant and planted it, tended to it. she only likes truly fresh tomatoes. anyway, looked out and a squirrel was sitting on the swing set eating a green tomato. windstorm knocked it over a few weeks back and we lost three or four. there are maybe 4 tomatoes on it now. quite an investment, hopefully it bears more than that!