I cannot believe it, yet its' true

[pink_lady2]

My vegetable garden is growing beautifully. I have lovely cucumbers, the beets and carrots are coming along. I have my second grouping of lettuce and beets out. Other than a problem with earwigs things were going great. We have fabulous tomatos as well. Tonight I went out to get an onion and saw a flash of brown with a stubby tail shoot out of

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[gentlehobbit]

Hee... I love groundhogs, and, in fact, always connect them with Carlton's grounds (it seems like every time I've driven past there in the summer, I always see dark little furry mounds happily munching on the grass.

However, groundhogs munching on your vegetables is a different matter. I hope that it gives up now that its quick get-away exit is now blocked.

I, on the other hand, have had to throw out my last surviving plant -- a Diefenbakia -- after eel worms had infested it. My friend, who gave me the plant at my housewarming last year and is quite good at plants, thinks that the infestation must have started from some cut roses that I had brought into the house and placed beside the plant. I've learned my lesson now -- never place cut flowers near an indoor plant. You never know what comes in with them that might jump ship to your previously happy plant.

There. I have now managed to kill all three plants I was given when I moved in.

:(

[pink_lady2]

Yup, unhuh, groundhogs. Being a farm girl myself I could never understand why people think these little rodents are cute. Just can't see it. And now, when I tolerated them before, they are on the back yard's most wanted list along with squirrels and earwigs. They haven't made it to the front yard whose list consists of squirrels and Japanese lily beetles. I might be tempted to add mushrooms to that. I had a whole family growing out of my pansies where I have never had mushrooms before - and these are not the edible ones - trust the Ukrainian to know that. I hope that the little rodent gives up too. I feel so aggravated. Everything was looking sooo nice. At least I have some photographs. I really hope they don't like squash as I have one of those developing now. Who knows who else has been invited to the picnic? sigh! Makes me want to give up and just grow herbs and flowers - but I am so excited about my vegetable patch