JG, I know exactly what you mean. My husband and I literally planted hundreds of Iris bulbs. They bloomed the first year, and then never again. The damn squirrels carted off every last one of them. Also, we have a pear tree in the front yard. We'll have dozens of pears one day, and week or two later, before we get a chance to pick even one, they're gone. That can't be birds, because the pears are too big. The squirrels also raid our strawberry patch.