And my god, nothing will stop them. They even dig under the nets I’ve spent so much money on deterrents.
Next is an electric fence. It should be here on Wednesday.
I purposely left this bed uncovered because it’s mostly peppers and they don’t like peppers but they do like the green bean leaves so this single bean plant was my “bait” so to say.
This specific groundhog was dispatched later that day after getting caught in the net but of course, I look up two days later and there’s a mother groundhog with a baby in tow two doors down.
I found out where they live and I alerted the owner of the home and let her know to call the animal warden to come trap them so hopefully she does so.
by ExtraSourCreamPlease
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I had one that climbed 4’ up an ate the pole bean plants. Fences NG. I got a motion detector sprinkler and haven’t seen him since.
I know one solution, but it doesnt work based on past results
Oh man. I feel this. We have the same problem this year.. except it’s a frigging deer. Never even seen a deer in our neighborhood until now, and all of a sudden here she is, and the little bastard has annihilated our tomatoes, peppers, sunflowers and most of our garden flowers.
What a menace
Secure your fencing better and then leave food outside of the area for them to easily get and they’re less likely to go looking for it in your garden. I have had two under my shed for years and feed them fridge fruit/veggies that would otherwise get tossed.That and they eat the clover on the grass and have never bothered my raised beds.
See a hole? Fresh coffee grounds right down the hole. Keep at it a while and they’ll piss off!
Oof ya these guys are rough on small urban gardens. I’m trying a SPIKE PERIMETER this year (lots and lots of skewers pointing outwards from the base of plants, sharp end up) we’ll see how it goes 😓
I have had luck with super spicy pepper powder (one year I grew too many hot peppers lol) but you gotta not get it directly on the veggies you plan to eat. And it feels extra mean.
Asshole! We have a raccoon digging our garden.
Had on eat all radishes and carrots today, I’m about fed up with it. I’m gonna relocate him many miles from here. Traps are set.
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I was hoping the hawk would get the groundhog. But hoggie is probably too big for the hawk. 🙁
Him looking right at the camera. Menace
Oh man! Groundhogs are relentless! I swear, the minute you get rid of one, two more show up like they’re holding auditions in your yard. I tried everything too – cayenne pepper, motion sensor sprinklers, even those fake predator eyes, but nothing really kept them away for long. Electric fence sounds like a good next step. Watch out for the baby groundhogs though, sometimes they squeeze through tiny gaps you didn’t even know existed!
Nooo! Not the beans! Why would you sacrifice the beans?