"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote in message ...
I have noticed that my local woodchucks have not bothered my tomatoe plants.
Apparently they don't like them. Anyone else have this experience? I was
wondering if perhaps you could be put tomatoes around other plants that
they do like in order to protect them.

Good thing to know because this year my tomatoes will be unfenced for
the first month. I can also tell you that my potatoes (another
solanacea) are unprotected year after year and for one row a deer-made
trail is less than 5 ft away. The other row is often directly crossed
by a woodchuck on his way to lunch. Never lost a plant. They must be
toxic to other mammals as they are to us.