O.P. here again. It's a new season, and "our" groundhog is back. For the last couple of weeks it has been spending numerous hours every day in our front yard, nibbling on clover or whatever it likes that it's finding in our "lawn." Right now it appears to be enjoying a nap in the sun on the boardwalk that leads from our house to the street. It seems to have adopted us like a neighborhood cat; I almost feel like I should put some food and water out for it.
Presumably it is waiting for us to plant our garden and terrorize us as it did last year. But we have a surprise for it: We're going to do all of our gardening on one of our second-story decks instead of the front yard. We bought some planting boxes (on wheels, so we can move them in and out of the sun as necessary), and plan to grow everything we did last year completely out of its reach. Problem solved -- without weaponry, poison, or inconvenience (other than the small cost of the planters).
Presumably it is waiting for us to plant our garden and terrorize us as it did last year. But we have a surprise for it: We're going to do all of our gardening on one of our second-story decks instead of the front yard. We bought some planting boxes (on wheels, so we can move them in and out of the sun as necessary), and plan to grow everything we did last year completely out of its reach. Problem solved -- without weaponry, poison, or inconvenience (other than the small cost of the planters).
