Junior, our resident ground hog, has had a pretty cushy life the last year or so. With two condos (one under our front stoop and the other under our back patio), he has had access to a steady supply of fresh vegetables and fruit not to mention whatever it is that gofers normally eat in the wild. Aside from mowing down some lettuce seedlings we had hardening off on the front porch this past spring and occasionally tripping the motion sensor lights in our security perimeter, he really hasn't been too much trouble. Even when he managed to slip under the rabbit fence around The Food Patch a few times he didn't do that much damage. But since he looked to still be pretty young and knowing just how big and destructive these critters can become we felt it was time for a change. It would have been easy just to slip some rodenticide down one of his burrows and let modern chemistry take its course but the little booger was cute and that would be mean so we set a trap with onion and cantaloupe rind. It took a few attempts getting the trigger adjusted for his small size but success came this morning and Junior is now a resident of a corn field down near Antietam Battlefield. Good luck Junior and I hope you don't have any siblings waiting to take your place.
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