I feel your pain Sonya, I'm 20 miles north of Boston and that ratty creature
(woodchuck) was my enemy for a few seasons . . . then we got a coyote :-D

LeeAnne
-has flowers this year-

"thoranw" wrote in message
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It could be a groundhog. One year after he had finished with the violets,
he discovered the ambrosia of hostas. He nibbled right down to the
ground.
Haven't seen him this year- I think somebody got him! (loud cheering) I'm
in
northern mass in a riverside neighborhood- we don't have a deer problem.
Just groundhogs.

Sonya