I grow pumpkins and other things in my garden and a ground hog keeps on eating my food. What do I do to stop i

Question

It mostly eats the pumpkins not really any thing else

Answer 1

Putting a fence around the garden works wonders.

I must admit I really don't mind the wildlife eating a share I put mine up to keep the dogs from urinating and making fecal deposits and just being destructive.  a 24" tall green vinyl coated fence keeps out our big boxer and the little yorkie.

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Answer 2

My sister is the head of one of the wildlife organizations for our state, and she says that woodchucks are pretty persistent, but that fox urine is recommended.  I know that sounds disgusting, but you will only be able to smell it for about 1 day and then only the animals will smell it.  You can buy it online at this link: http://www.yardlover.com/products.php?ca...

You can also play a radio out near the garden, but eventually they will get used to it.

A fence will probably not dissuade a woodchuck for long because they can climb.  I've also been working in a fenced-in garden when a woodchuck dug in from below and stole an entire cabbage plant.  Since I love chucks, I would go with the fox urine or maybe just plant extra so they can have a few. :)

Answer 3

There is this stuff called shake away and it really works. It won't harm your garden either it is organic. www.shakeaway.com

Answer 4

build a fence. hm, now I'm wondering if they jump. a fence or spray something with a strong smell. cats hate the smell of orange. I hope hogs also hate something.

Answer 5

We have a groundhog problem also. I've found they don't eat on hot pepper plants or the hot peppers so I bought some inexpensive , ground cayenne pepper ,mixed that w/ some outdated chili powder & dusted all the plants in my garden. As of now it has kept the groundhogs at bay. They don't like some offensive odors , I've been told.

Answer 6

I know this is going to sound weird, but you can actually buy coyote pee and small containers to pour it into (don't get it on you, though--it smells awful).  Since coyotes are predators, it drives away most of the creatures that like to treat your garden like one big salad bar.

Answer 7

Serve ground hog in your pumpkin stew.