RE: [CH] Groundhogs!
Steve DeLassus (SteveD@stockell.com)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:30:06 -0500
My problem isn't groundhogs; it's squirrels. I was losing tomatoes to a
then-unknown critter, so I put up a rabbit fence around that part of the
garden. Over the weekend, I saw a squirrel that had bounded up the
fence sitting on my tomato cage, a tomato between his front paws, his
face in the tomato. I remembered how little these beasts seemed to
dislike El Grande -- twice I've seen the a cayenne or jalapeno fruit
lying on the ground with just enough bitten out to indicate
dissatisfaction -- so I sprayed the NIMBY. Wonder if that might help
deter the groundhog?
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pamra@rockland.net [mailto:pamra@rockland.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 8:56 AM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [CH] Groundhogs!
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> Well, I came home from vacation to find that selective parts
> of my garden
> had become a salad bar for one of my little furry...er...friends.....
>
> Apparently, he loves habanero leaves! (And serrano, guajillo,
> ancho, and
> fatali leaves.) (He didn't touch the fruits. I wonder why.)
>
> And I am the only woman in the United States who cannot grow
> zucchini - the
> flowers and leaves get consumed as soon as they appear!
>
> He doesn't care for tomatillos, basil, or green beans.
>
> He tried tomatoes, but he isn't sure about them. I guess it
> depends on his
> hunger quotient.
>
> I have a trap. Can you tame a groundhog? What would happen if
> I put him
> into a cage with guinea pigs? (They don't look terribly dissimilar.)
>
> What would happen if the skunk found the trap before the
> groundhog did (gasp)?
>
> Alex
>
> Alexandra Soltow
> pamra@rockland.net
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