Re: Groundhogs

**E*@aol.com**

My girlfriend used to sit in her bedroom window and  shoot the groundhog, 
declaring that "I have relocated him to groundhog heaven"  in her Louisiana 
accent. She used BB guns for chipmunks since the 22 would blow  them to 
smithereens.

 Mrs. Know It All of "The Organic Gardeners"
Author "Eat  Your Roses" Pansies, Lavender and 49 other Delicious Flowers
GWA Region 2  Director

"There's a few things I've  learned in life: always throw salt over your 
left shoulder, keep rosemary by  your garden gate, plant lavender for good 
luck, and fall in love whenever you  can" Practical Magic

In a message dated 6/18/2012 8:43:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tloallergyfree@earthlink.net writes:

At the  last house I owned here in California the grey Norway rats were so 
bold  that in the summer, at about quarter to eight in the early evening, 
they'd  start running back and forth on the powerline right behind my 
backyard. It  took me about three nights of seeing this when I got a bright 
idea. My son  and I set up our camp chairs and armed with a pair of BB 
guns, 
we'd shoot  at the rats as they ran across. Was actually great fun and now 
and then we  did actually knock a rat off the wire. Unfortunately, after a 
week of this  late afternoon wholesome family entertainment, the lousy rats 
got wise to  it and stopped using the wire as a freeway.

Tom
PS. No matter how  much you eastern folks knock those groundhogs....my all 
time favorite  movie is still Groundhog Day.
PPS. I had a serious deer problem here for  years....they ate pretty near 
everything ....I tried human hair from the  barber shop, coyote urine, 
mountain lion urine, Not Tonight Deer, night  motion lights, etc....finally 
solved the deer problem with some serious  deer fencing (which doesn't do a 
thing to stop the  raccoons).

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