Re: Groundhogs

**"* P* <r*@comcast.net>**

I'll second the plastic. I joined a CSA last year and they use plastic for all of their planting rows. No groundhogs...but it doesn't bother the deer or the chipmunks...they still munch away...

Sandie Parrott

About those groundhogs:  Some years ago, when I had a vegetable  garden, I had very good luck with black silo plastic.  I covered the entire  garden with a 20' x 40' piece and dug it in around the edges.  Planted my  veggies through holes in the plastic (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) or slits in the plastic (beans).  Never lost anything to animals.  I actually sat near  my garden one evening and watched a groundhog walk around the garden, putting a  paw on the plastic and then jumping back away from it in fear.  That  critter completely circled the garden, trying to find a way to the veggies  without touching that plastic and never did figure out it wasn't  dangerous. 

Even my sheltie wouldn't walk on it.  When I walked into the garden,  she'd sit at the edge and cry.  

It worked for me -- maybe it will work for you too.

Lina Burton

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