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Old 06-05-2006, 11:54 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Kate
 
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Default Woodchuck defenses


"Butzmark" wrote
: Groundhogs love my tomatoes. They wait untill they are just ripe and
: take the best ones. If they can't reach, no problem. just tear down
: the whole vine. They love all cabbage plants and carrot tops as well.
: I only have problems with coons if I raise corn
:
: A good groundhog is a dead groundhog.


We are in West Tennessee and this is our third gardening season here.
Until this year we have not seen groundhogs on our place. But so far this
year we have spotted two.
One has already been - ehmmm - removed - the other got lucky, So far.

Something that we found mildly funny the first year as far as tomatoes was
that the ones that were low to the ground had little bites out of them. We
found out it was the turtles that were nibbling on them.
Funny in one way, not funny in another.

This is our first year to plant any corn at all and I'm hoping that my cats
keep most of the wild beasts away from the garden. Rabbits for sure will be
kept busy if they try to invade, but the groundhogs frighten my little
hunter cat.

Kate