The woodchucks tricked me this year.

[flowerbug]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=woodchuck+pictures&qpvt=woodchuck+pictures&FORM=IGRE
Same as a groundhog

yeah, them's the varmints!

good fence is only way that has consistently helped. pellet rifle helps keep them away, but also removing their habitat and hiding spots so they don't have such an easy time of it when they do come around is the next layer of the defense.

 

[flowerbug]

why yes you can! Found this on Epicurious!

Yes, watch out, Punxsutawney Phil, apparently you and your kind are pretty tasty as well as darn cute and cuddly. No wonder you have that security detail with you at all times.

"The simple fact is, groundhogs are eminently edible and delicious," writes Everett J. Castro in Mother Earth News. "Like rabbits and squirrels (both of which are valued food animals), whistle-pigs are vegetarians. Thus, their meat, when properly prepared, is quite tasty and tender."

Castro gives recipes for his traditional Groundhog Day pie and also a hearty stew. "You can use woodchuck meat in virtually any recipe calling for small game and in many other dishes as well," he says

if i am ever seriously in need of meat we could have a pretty steady supply here between all the varmints around... i just can't bring myself to kill and eat them now, but in an emergency i'm sure i could.

in the meantime they become worm food and thus garden plant food in the longer term.

 

[catjac1975]

I don't even know what a wood chuck looks like. I only know the rhyme.

The Rhyme is a lie. They don't chuck wood they chuck gardens. The answer-all of it.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

The Rhyme is a lie. They don't chuck wood they chuck gardens. The answer-all of it.

I know how you feel. The last rabbit running loose here ate all my purple broccoli plants.