Getting soft in my old age

[Chloe]

So I am slowly becoming like "Bill Murray's" role in Caddy Shack. LOL. I sprayed the perimiter of the garden and even tried appeasement with kale leaves. He took spermint I thought might bother him under the shed and then pushed it back out a couple of days later. I fill in his holes where he digs under the shed and he digs more .
At one point I thought we had a truce and briefly considered him a quasi "pet".
But he has struck again , a cuke and some marks on the winter squash. I can almost see him dancing to "I'm alright" LOL

have you considered changing your garden to a raise bed with a wire flooring and a protective fencing for your food and have a side garden with easy to grow and inexpensive vegetables that could satisfy the gopher if he strikes but if not you can still benefit? At least you both win.

[DGUtley]

have you considered changing your garden to a raise bed with a wire flooring and a protective fencing for your food and have a side garden with easy to grow and inexpensive vegetables that could satisfy the gopher if he strikes but if not you can still benefit? At least you both win.

Have you considered that in most states varmints may be killed as a nuisance?

[decedent]

have you considered changing your garden to a raise bed with a wire flooring and a protective fencing for your food and have a side garden with easy to grow and inexpensive vegetables that could satisfy the gopher if he strikes but if not you can still benefit? At least you both win.

I built one out of redwood for my mom after seeing her hunched over her plants. She loves it.

[Chloe]

Have you considered that in most states varmints may be killed as a nuisance?

not everything needs to die. It's just trying to eat.

[Dr. Who]

Since you have a groundhog (aka woodchuck) and not a gopher, this article may be helpful:
http://www.vegetablegardener.com/ite...rom-woodchucks

[Newpublius]

As a humorous aside my colleague at work laid out a trap for a nuisance groundhog and lo and behold he wound up catching a skunk.