Great thread! Good for a few laughs...

Actually, I'm rather happy a chipmunk population explosion is taking place
around our yard this year. This is the first year I haven't had to fight slugs
thanks to the voracious appetite of those chipmunks! The chipmunks are saving
more plants from the slugs than they are destroying...so for me they are
welcome...so far. Oh yes, they've nibbled off the first bunch of carrot and
chard shoots, but after putting out a few dishes of water, they've left the rest
of the vegies alone. I finally got to see my delphiniums in full bloom this year
thanks to the slug eating chipmunks...all prior years the slugs ate the buds and
I never got one flower. The hostas are looking the best ever too!

BT

"Alexandra Ceelie" wrote in message
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On 7/1/03 10:24 PM, theoneflasehaddock at wrote:

(Georgia) wrote in message
. com...
Just curious if anyone has an effective remedy for keeping chippers
from digging up perennials? I recently planted a bed of about 50-60
plants and the stupid chipmunks are already destroying it! I have been
using a Havahart trap and have caught and re-released (far away) about
25 so far. They're probably just coming right back...

HELP!

Thanks!

theoneflasehaddock


Sorry for weird piggyback, but the original didn't appear in my reader.

Personally, I'd recommend getting a cat to keep the population down/at bay,
but when I was looking on the web I found this link.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...004727958.html

(It got kind of amusing toward the end when the "chipmunks" started posting
replies to the mean humans trying to get rid of them.)


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