Monday, July 24, 2006

Fine dining for WoodChucks

The other day I was working in the garden and a movement caught my attention. When I looked up I thought I was seeing rabbits, my eyeglasses were in the house, when I realized that I was actually seeing woodchucks, two of them! They were very cute but also very hungry. At first they were eating some of my flowers, in fact poisonous ones, so I thought, well that will take care of them. However, later that day they were eating my peas, all of them! One tip we learned from the internet was that woodchucks can't resist apples. So, we set a havahart trap, put sliced apples in it and in front of it, and soon there was a woodchuck in the trap. We removed it from our area, however the other one did not come around again. Guess (he) didn't like being there without his (sister). We are keeping our eyes out for repeat visits from him. They are soooo cute but soooo destructive. Better they be in an area where they won't get into trouble.

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