On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:33:16 GMT, Puester >
wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:58:41 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sprinkle crushed egg shells around the plants to keep snails away.
>>> Janet
>>>
>>
>> Got any good ideas to keep groundhogs away?
>>
>> Boron
>
>
>When we lived in RI, our solution was a shotgun. My husband
>and a neighbor would run a hose into their tunnel and watch for
>them to emerge from the other opening. POW!

That is the only answer, but illegal where I live, My former next door
neighbor was a cop. When I mentioned to his wife about the groundhogs,
she suggested that I "Let Ed take care of it." Ed's retired and
living in Montana now.
>
>They are a real pest in the garden. You plant seedlings, come
>out the next morning, and it looks as though someone has run a
>lawnmower over the plants.

They like to wait until veggies are ripe...I spent months growing
Brussels sprout and just before the first frost, those critters came
and ate them, leaving only the stalk behind.
>
>One year we tried putting up a wire fence around the corn. They
>tunneled right under it and came up in the middle of the plants.

They have been known to destroy building foundations.

Boron
>
>gloria p