[Market-farming] Controlling groundhogs

Richard Robinson rrobinson at nasw.org
Thu Apr 3 09:54:41 EDT 2008


 On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:19:11 -0500, Shawnee Flowerfarmer wrote:
> Well, I will certainly try this idea.  I think that I have tried everything
> else.  Never had such a problem with groundhogs until the last two seasons. 
> I have always objected to their knee-crunching holes, but in 2006, the family
> gnawed every gourd in the patch.  In 2007, they chewed each precious
> marketable pumpkin and watermelon. A good dog would help of course, but this
> acreage is located in a forest preserve, and all the dogs are on leashes
> attached to people running by.  The garden must be historically accurate to
> 1840-50 which would include using a gun, but I don't own one. 

Can you point out to the powers that be that dogs on leashes aren't historically accurate? ;)

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