Any ideas anyone? It is pretty much contained to one long narrow bed along a privacy fence. There are rows dug and all the dirt has been disturbed. The entire bed no longer has any mulch and I assume it is now under the dirt. I am thinking moles but see no evidence of them elsewhere. I would suspect an armadillo but don't think one could get into my yard. I am perplexed at the moment. I have gone out in the day, night and even dusk but haven't seen the guilty party. Not sure what to do at the moment but if we ever get rain I would like to replant some lost plants in there and remulch for winter. I think I might buy myself a pellet gun or maybe just a few traps.
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Something is digging up my garden bed!
Put a picture up, I bet someone my recognize the damage. Armadillos dig small holes looking for grubs. Josephine had fought a mole at a garden where she volunteers and might can tell if that is it. A neighbor had complained of rats and asked if we had any problems with them. I told him no, but the dogs saw this one night and wouldn't quit barking. I went out with a flashlight and found this guy. All the animals are looking for food and water now days. We are subject to have anything in our yards.
How about a possum?...I was sure we had armadillos in the beds until we saw the oppossum early one morning...same results and the animal had gone through the fence?!...amazing how much $$ we put into that fence! LOL
Oh, I did go down to Walmart (sic?) and purchase a large number of cheap solar lights and placed them throughout the damaged beds...no more animals...at least for the past month...
I do have a possum that has been visiting for several years. I never noticed such bad damage in one place before. I also have solar lights, though not a great many in that bed. I would rather it be the possum as he comes and then goes, moles are more permanent. I see the possum on top of our privacy fence so climbing into the yard wouldn't be hard for it. Hope I figure out who is to blame soon.
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Is it digging a hole, like for grubs or whatever, or just scruffing around? I've noticed several different things here digging out a trough like trying to get down to some cool dirt to lie on. The squirrel it doesn't much matter, but the bunny scuffs up a pretty good area.
Both, digging trenches, holes and basically acting like a plow turning up most of the dirt in the bed. Still haven't seen the rascal though.
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Arlington is 'lucky' to have many little creek beds where all sorts of willdlife lives- until there is high water, or no water, then they are drawn to the food and water such as it is- in the urban areas- possums, coons, dillos, rats, voles, moles, feral cats, and they will move right in, grab the dog or cat food, til your yard an garden for free lookin for bugs you would cheerfully poison-dillos go down- look for burrows aroun foundations and porches for a hole big enuff for a roun body to squeeze into, most coons n possums go up for safety, and food and water are usually a just after dark activity. Good luck, try leaving little shallow bowls of water aroun, and watch around these...