As long as you don't intend to raise vegetables you'll be fine. But they
will raise total hell with a garden. Tomatoes, green peppers, and potatoes
seem to be ignored, but green beans, peas, and the like will simply
disappear without a trace. If you have a dog, he will probably keep them at
bay.

They don't seem to destroy flowers as badly as vegetables.

The other danger is that they will make burrows where people walk. It is
perfectly possible to break a leg stepping into a chuckhole.

But if they aren't bothering you, don't bother them either. They can be
trapped in a live trap with some success but then you have the dilemma of
what to do with the trapped animal.

"frank at zk3.dec.com" "frank at zk3.dec.com" wrote in message
...
Well in my case it's a family of groundhogs (big ones too) living under
the garden shed, ohmaybe 25 yards from the house. As far as I can tell,
they aren't bothering anything-- I don't see signs of lawn damage or
anything. Presumably they forage in the woods out back. However, I
just bought the house and haven't moved in yet, so haven't really been
around to observe them.

Is there any reason I should be concerned? Otherwise I'll just let 'em
be.

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