Defense
I tried to not gloat the other day when I trapped a groundhog in the garden. It was a small one, and I've seen a bigger one calmly munching on our neighbor's veggies. I knew I'd won a skirmish but probably not the war.
This morning, two chewed-over containers of lettuce and several tomato plants with missing leaves proved that point.
So the trap is out again, baited with more apple slices.
On the defensive side, I put 3-foot wire mesh fencing around the two raised beds. I hope this will protect what's left of the kohlrabi, along with watermelon, butternut and spaghetti squash plants, from the groundhog's voracious appetite.
No doubt a hungry groundhog could tear down my flimsy barriers, but I'm counting on him/her being lazy enough to not bother and simply move on to another garden. Sorry, neighbors.
