How To Stop Groundhogs Before They Wreck Your Garden

How To Stop Groundhogs Before They Wreck Your Garden

Here’s how to keep groundhogs away from your home and garden.Credit: Getty ImagesWhether you call them woodchucks, whistle pigs, ground pigs, or groundhogs, these large ground squirrels can be a real nuisance in your yard and garden. “Groundhogs eat whatever is available and most nutritious,” says Sheldon Owen, PhD, wildlife extension specialist at West Virginia University. “They consume large quantities of herbaceous vegetation, especially frui…

How to Get Rid of Groundhogs Humanely—and Keep Them From Coming Back

Keep these animals out of your garden without using synthetic chemicals or traps. Credit: Jaclyn Vernace / Getty ImagesGroundhogs are one animal you don’t want moving into your garden. As herbivores, they eat a wide range of plants, from grasses to every kind of root vegetable, thwarting the hard work you put into creating a lush landscape. The great news is that it is possible to deter these animals naturally and humanely. Ahead, wildlife exper…