[Magdalen] Flowers That Bloom in May.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Could have been true! Folks try all sorts of remedies, including firecrackers!

> On May 10, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Reminds me of the (possibly apocryphal, possibly not) story of the guy in
> Chicago who was doing battle with a backyard groundhog who was getting into
> his small garden plot. He'd tried just about everything he could think of
> or been told, to no avail. One night he'd had a few too many beers and
> when thinking about that groundhog became just too much, he went out and
> peed down the groundhog's hole. The groundhog shot out the other hole, took
> off, and was not seen again in his yard.
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Well, good luck with that, Chad! There are always two holes...
>> I have groundhogs here, and we have to be vigilant about spotting any new
>> holes, because the horses could break legs if they step in them. When I
>> first moved here my son-in-law filled in 23 holes! There's a veritable
>> groundhog city under the horses' dry lot now, but the entrance hole is down
>> under a couple of logs where the horses can't get to it. My son-in-law has
>> shot a number of them over the years--the only killing I'll permit on the
>> place--including a couple he shot out of trees. I trapped one a few years
>> ago and sent it off with a friend to its watery grave, and my dogs
>> dispatched one once...I'll spare you the details.
>> 
>>>> On May 10, 2016, at 2:55 PM, "Charles Wohlers" <
>>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We've seen two of them, living under the porch. They've already gotten
>> my cabbage. Time to put used kitty litter down the groundhog hole.
>>> 
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:14 AM
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>>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Flowers That Bloom in May.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 5/9/2016 8:12:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> susanvhagen at gmail.com writes:
>>> 
>>> I have  to remind myself
>>> sometimes that at least it's not  groundhogs.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Agreed they are awful.  Locally, they seem more to go for
>>> vegetables than for flowers.  They also can tunnel under fencing,  so
>>> it's just a nightmare.  They are also vicious in any encounter with
>> pets.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Strang.
>>