[gardeners] GROUNDHOGS
c.l. avery (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:32:22 PDT
Dear list,
I can speak from personal experience with moles...the juicy fruit
works! I lived in San Francisco for many years and when I first moved
in my lawn was just riddled with moles. I tried everything, including
the neighbor man who was a good ol' southern boy and didn't mind
smacking the things with a bat and then picking up the dead and
bleeding body...but even he couldn't keep up with them. And besides,
he eventually moved away. I tried the
flushing-them-out-with-the-hose, dogs (although not dachsunds), poison
put down the holes, etc. After all those things failed, I heard on a
radio gardening show about putting an unchewed stick of juicy fruit
down the holes. What could I lose? So, I tried it and shabam!
within a week or two all of the mole holes were quiet and no more ever
came up. And I lived there for 3 more years... I'm sold on it. Now,
the question is: are moles and groundhogs similiar enough for the
groudhogs to like the juicy fruit too? It's worth a try. (keep
putting a fresh stick down all the holes day after day until your sure
that the critters are gone)
Carolyn (who is very tired from planting 100 daylilies this week)
zone 7b
Bethesda
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