Propagation: Plant Propagation: The Basics July/Aug 2016, 1 by oxdriftgardener

oxdriftgardener wrote:
Well as long as there was only 1 groundhog the battle is over. However for future info the pee and mothballs were ineffective. We were a little late rising this morning and when we first went out it was very obvious that he had been back under the front steps. The mothballs and a lot more dirt had been tossed out. Then we did a stupid thing. Assuming he was still in there we tried another suggestion that Wendy found on Google. Apparently they don\'t like to be wet so we got the garden hose and proceeded to try to flood him out while I stood on guard with my trusty gun. After quite a while and no luck I suggested Wendy go in the house to make sure we weren\'t flooding the cold room which is just inside from where we were flooding. Need I say more. So now we are trying to dry that up. So while I was standing on guard with the gun and Wendy really doesn\'t care for bloodshed she had been checking the other digs where I had placed mothballs yesterday and had reported back that there was no sign that he had been back to those spots. Shortly after we stopped flooding I went to the Japanese garden without the gun and lo and be hold he was out there under the old chicken coop trying to get rid of the mothballs. So after returning armed and waiting very impatiently he finally stuck his nose out far enough and I\'ll spare you the rest of the gorey details. So now it\'s just wait and see if he had friends or was alone. Don\'t ask me why one animal should think he needs a home and 2 cottages in the same yard