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In response to message posted by MaggieM:
Wow Maggie, am I ever glad I decided to live and let live - you'd probably come over here and shoot me otherwise! ;-)

Roger told me that this morning he was walking across the yard when he startled a baby groundhog - and the porr little thing immediately did what kittens do when scared - puffed up to make himself look as big and terrifying as possible and go into a sort of attack posture. He said it was too cute. And I remember once when a baby groundhog, being caught somewhere between Nell and me, decided I was the lesser of two evils and hid behind my ankle. It made me feel very protective.

I'm afraid the wildlife here has pretty free reign. And given the amount of stuff I have planted, the damage is normally pretty minimal. I'd just never seen an entire garden wiped clean like that before. Right now something has come through and munched the tops off of most of the new things I planted - but if anything I'll protect that area with Liquid Fence - the smell drives most critters off. Now if only I can remember where I put it. . .

I didn't know that baby raccoons mewed. Nor did I realize that those torn garbage bags were the product of a crow hunting for meals. We always assumed some dog got loose and did it. And I hadn't thought of squirrels as egg eaters, either. Those poor robins!

Should you decide to get a new fish you can protect it from racoons by strewing thorny rose canes arounf the pond. They have tender feet. It's not particularly comfortable for the gardener, either - but the racoons aren't dumb - after a short time they know that's not a good place and stay away.

-- posted by Carol Wallace