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Comments (26)Background: We have a huge GH estate in our back yard. Generally, I try the live-and-let-live approach, having illegally relocated many groundhogs only to have new families move into the vacated home. I try to plant things Mr. G. Hog likes near OUR house and away from his. He seems to like the clover that runs wild in that area. I am used to watching him munch away from my kitchen window, or even from a few yards away when I'm in the garden. I have also seen 2 baby groundhogs this spring, although when they saw me, they ran into the neighbor's yard, not into the estate in our yard, so I think there is another family next door. So, I was in the back yard a week or so ago, when one of my dogs (on a staked leash) started making noises and trying to run further into the back yard. I turned around and saw a fox and a groundhog. The groundhog was chasing the fox! Then I saw that the fox had a critter in its mouth. A baby groundhog? Then 3 small foxes came running toward the parent bearing lunch. A few minutes later, I saw ANOTHER fox with ANOTHER small critter in its mouth! The other baby groundhog? I haven't seen our Resident Groundhog since then, although I think that is happenstance. I don't dare believe that he is gone. He's probably just keeping a low profile, as the fox traffic in our yard has been quite heavy!...See MoreHow to catch GROUNDHOGS Woodchucks
Comments (150)Yes you are blessed. bye the way, what is rabbit fencing. what are the size of the holes. I know chicken wire is usually one inch holes. and rabbit hutches use like 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch wire mesh. but wire mesh is expensive for fencing. I have to be honest I have not seen new evidence of the groundhog these past couple of days. But with holes in the yard they can not be far off. I did see at least 2 different ones in the garden previous. a big one and a little one. so they are around. just not chomping hard on the garden. to annie on the salt. I would think it better to bind up the salt into a brick or solid. Now farm stores sell salt blocks. getting some bacon fat and adding salt would bind it into a fat blob and at least hold the salt together. or soaking into a sponge. Kosher salt would have a few big chunks and you might filter out a few big chunks. a tiny moisture might help them bind together. but I would not just pour small granule table salt down a hole. it seems to me it will disappate some. besides you really dont want to add salt to your soil. salt is not good for ground water. If you have a chunk of salt and it does not get eaten then you can remove the salt from your soil. Some years ago I seem to remember reading that a woodchuck can have several dens and he will visit them in order as he goes around the territory. so maybe he is out on visit but will be back to check when the good stuff is ready in my garden. Also next year I have to start trapping earlier when there is little food available. Today I harvested some nice broccoli for me. nice tender side shoots. the head I took a week or so ago. I like this Thompson Broccoli from Fedco seeds. it is going to be one of my favorite veggies....See MoreDo Woodchucks (Groundhogs) Eat Daylilies?
Comments (7)Boy, do I have experience with this! Just Monday, my neighbor and I had the last 3 kill traps taken out. We have been involved in an ongoing battle with groundhogs since about March. We used the Humane wildlife company and caught the first few with the have-a-heart traps. But alas, we couldn't get them all and finally ( not our choice) the company told us that it seemed the only way we would be able to rid ourselves of them was the kill traps. We were both afraid of falling in a hole that we might not see, a very real possibility in my garden. They had dug one alternate hole in the back of my garden ( which just got filled in with rocks and soil yesterday.) Our final total ( and we hope this is the end, but have paid through the end of this year if we see more) is 11 groundhogs, 5 possums ( relocated) 1 skunk. Here's the good news: they don't seem to like daylilies! They did eat some of my Rudbeckias and Echinaceas almost down to the ground. Also munched out on some clumps of Euphorbia,but they didn't touch the daylilies and there were hundreds around where they went for the other stuff! Good luck with your groundhog issues! Our state has a law prohibiting relocation of groundhogs, as they are considered pests, so even if you catch them here, they have to be humanely euthanized. This whole thing has been a nightmare- they dug numerous tunnels under the back of my neighbors and our property. I have an AHS Display garden which had to be closed right at peak bloom this year. Ugh!...See More**##!! groundhog!!
Comments (5)Speaking of groundhogs.............last week, dh yelled at me from the living room to come quick...dashed in to see something sitting on the back porch. dh said it had stood up on its legs and looked in the storm door at him. By the time he got his shoes on and got the gun, it was gone. I didn't check my sweet potatoes this morning....We finally figured out it was a very young one. He still had a very dark coat with just a few white hairs in it. It looked like a very large squirrel. That is only the second live groundhog we have very seen....See More- lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan thanked daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
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