If you have ever seen a ground hog you know it is a vegetarian that digs a hole in the ground, usually in the middle of a field and tries to live a quiet life. Usually the hole is somewhere you don’t want it to be and a lot of time it is where other animals can get hurt by stepping in them. Most farmers don’t enjoy them very much and will go to great lengths to eradicate them.
When I grew up in the country we had another name for them, “whistle pigs”. If you whistle at the proper tone to them they would whistle back to you. It was an amusing past time to get the groundhogs to communicate with us.
I had left work early one evening and my wife was supposed to pick me up later that day so I sent her a text and told her to pick me up early. I planned on starting out on foot so I wouldn’t be caught by a supervisor and asked to work longer than what was my exit plan.
I started to walk up a hill on the way home to a bridge that crossed the railroad tracks and I saw some thistle flowers that my wife had mentioned a few days before that she liked. They are like purple fuzz balls with a really nice fragrance. I decided that I was going to surprise her with one of these little beauties. I pulled out my pocket knife, leaned over the guard rail, and cut off a flower for her.
Suddenly something started growling at me, growling is the best description I can think of at this time, and the little varmint came running out of its hole full speed at me like a Japanese bullet train. I jumped back, and was able to outpace this little hell bent bastard on wheels.
When my wife finally caught up to me I relayed my story to her, she laughed so hard she didn’t realize until later that I had given her the flower. She said she wished she could have seen my chubby butt haul ass from that harmless little animal. It was the highlight of her day.
I know that this is a pointless story but my point is that ground hogs are nuisance and most farmers (country and urban) have trouble with them so here is a solution to detour these little imps from entertaining the use of your property as its home.
Step one; find you a big strong Neanderthal of a man, one whom doesn’t mind exposing himself to the elements. Step two; ask him to pee in the ground hogs hole without explaining why, because he would be laughing too hard to take proper aim(then disaster would strike). Yes, I said man-pee in ground hog hole. You can get plenty of it and it is free.
There are some chemicals in a man’s pee that those little beastly critters don’t like. If you try it with a woman’s pee it will have no effect. Man-pee works for squirrels also, you just have to figure how to get it up into the tree.
Usually if you have a sprayer you can use it to spray it in the tree I do recommend diluting it with water a bit so a little can go a long way.
Having a dog can helps as a deterrent they consistently patrol your yard and garden for invaders and they love to chase other animals. Remember you still have to feed the dog and do the pooper scooper thing.
These are a few ways to evict critters that are not beneficial to your home and garden. My dad swears by them and in most cases they do work. Remember animals can overcome most obstacles when they want something bad enough.
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