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debm55
(25,610 posts)Alliepoo
(2,232 posts)That is the sweetest thing ever!!
catbyte
(34,502 posts)It's really fun.
https://www.youtube.com/@ChunkTheGroundhog
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)Adorable and so heartwarming of the gardener to provide and not be violent.
We are asked to be good stewards of the Earth and all within.
The angels are weaving crowns for this fellow showing humility.
Thanx so very much for this clip and for all that you contribute.
Been having string of very difficult days and this brightened & encouraged my heart. 💟
catbyte
(34,502 posts)What a lovely post. And I agree with you about the gardener. I loved it when he said, "It's his land, too." Indeed it is.
Thank you again and I sincerely hope there will be brighter days ahead for you soon.
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)Deuxcents
(16,387 posts)What goes around really does come around 🤗
LoCo Cat Lady
(50 posts)My niece (now 24) used to call them "ground dogs" when she was a little girl...so, now that's what I call them. I have two that are perpetually digging up around my flower gardens/house foundation. My neighbors, many of them horse people, told me to kill them (due to the holes they dig that can break the horses' legs). I don't have the heart to kill them...and listening to them squeal is hysterical. Talk about tenacious little beasts. They are.
patphil
(6,235 posts)That plus a tight fitting, sturdy gate.
I have groundhogs all over the yard, but none in the vegetable garden for 20 years now.
It helps that there's a lot to eat in our yard...plenty of broad leaf weeds, and other stuff they love to eat.
PortTack
(32,813 posts)Brussels sprouts plants to our neighbor last year. Just as they were beginning to produce, a ground hog came and stripped them bare. They are cute critters, but when you put that much into a garden and have it destroyed is awful!
Warpy
(111,407 posts)When a buried fence failed to keep the little bastards out, I sprayed everything down with a cayenne pepper/dish soap solution, reapplied after rain, and went looking for the den. When I found it, I prevailed upon a neighbor with a new baby to give me a few used Pampers, which I stuffed into the main entrance of the den. Yes, I went nuclear, I didn't care how cute they are.
They decamped to a new den. Since damage to neighbors' gardens decreased, I have to hope their new den was in an area with plentiful wild foods, the area abounded with things like bush blueberries.
PatSeg
(47,691 posts)is when they just take chunks out of different vegetables without even eating the whole thing. A nibble here, a nibble there. I suppose they think they are leaving the rest for the humans to eat.