Re: Love the descriptions of groundhogs

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Those miserable city people....far worse than groundhogs, for sure!

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From: <joanrrosenberg@aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:19 AM
Subject: [GWL] Love the descriptions of groundhogs

>
> Actually I have indoor-outdoor cats, who eat side by side with the 
> raccoons when I put out cat food.  I have never had a problem with 
> anything eating my veggies.  Tthe deer leave my veggies alone and go for 
> the flowers.  They used to eat the hostas, but now prefer something else.
> I let the back of the farm go wild, and they don't come up to the house 
> any more.  Haven't had rats or mice since the cats moved in many years 
> ago.  The moles and gophers moved out - because of the cats and raccoons 
> and possums, they moved to the swamp bordering the development.
>
> I have a different problem.  I have city people moving to the country who 
> clear cut everything to reinvent the city in areas zoned farmland.  All 
> the animals run for cover, and usually end up at my farm.  I wish they 
> would all go back to the city and leave the area alone.  I much prefer the 
> wild animals to the humans that come out.  They are ruining the watershed.
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