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  • From: "Pam Twin Oaks" <pam AT twinoaks.org>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Was groundhogs, now crickets
  • Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:14:06 -0400

Groundhogs can eat so much! After I saw one running off with a whole
cantaloupe in its mouth, I got serious about getting rid of them. I
catch them in a large live trap (initially I borrowed one from the
extension office). For bait I use fruit or winter squash. Part of the
trick is getting the trap level and right in front of their main
entrance. Sometimes, especially once the grass has grown up a bit, it
takes a bit of detective work to figure out where they are coming
from. When I catch one, I take the trap to the pond, throw the whole
thing in near the edge but deep enough. And wait a few minutes till
it's definitely dead. Shooting might be a quicker death, but hunting
is not allowed here either. We have eaten groundhog stew sometimes.
Other times I just bury it.

Now, about crickets - who has good, organic ways of getting rid of
those? We have a problem right now, with them in our hoophouse. We
also get late summer trouble from them and/or grasshoppers outdoors in
August. I looked into Nolo Bait, but it's expensive and slow acting,
especially over a farm size area.

Pam, Twin Oaks Community, Louisa, Va. Zone 7




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