Duckboots,

Groundhogs are voracious eaters and they seem to be able to eat faster than you can plant and grow. For Katlaughing's sake I would suggest getting a Hav-a-Hart trap at your local hardware store. Bait it with some apples or some other aromatic edible plant.

Now, you have a trapped groundhog. What to do? Well, you take him for a ride in your car-car of course. Not just a pleasure ride mind you, but a long trip to some remote area. Mind you, a long trip. I swear I've had the same groundhog come back after a one mile trip. So three or more miles is my recommendation.

Groundhogs are burrowing animals. They prefer to dig their burrows where they have some protection. So if you have any crawl spaces under any buildings, that would be a good place to look. Usually the groundhog has at least two entrances to the burrow. They usually don't travel more than 100 yards from their burrow entrance.

Good luck.

And Catspaw was incorrect about Rick eating your plants. At 3 AM he is obviously out checking for slugs, most likely using beer as bait. It is only right that he should be tasting the beer to be sure it is fresh. It is that fresh aroma that draws the slugs.

Roger in Baltimore