How much wood does a woodchuck chuck?

[redlite]

This morning my yard had so many dandelions in it that you'd think it was the yellow brick road. Wife said I had to get some dandelion killer....Well I got even better.
I got 2 wood chucks that are s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& em down like they were kids eatin M&M's.........They will hopefully have the whole yard done soon.......
I guess they are a somewhat useful rodent. And just to think i almost sniped them last week........

[PRBuzz]

They are only eating the flowers (likely) so you will have MORE! Get some weed-be-gone.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

They are only eating the flowers (likely) so you will have MORE! Get some weed-be-gone.

I sprayed a whole freakin gallon of weed b gone on about 100 dandelions this weekend and the mother f'ers are still there and MORE!

This must be a good crop season for them, I've never seen so many

[PRBuzz]

Buy the concentrated stuff, not the ready to use! Make up about 2X recommended dosage.

[Diggin Jiggin]

Try growing pumpkins and see what they do...

[redlite]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Try growing pumpkins and see what they do...

My dad battled them with the pea plants growin up. He couldn't shoot it. My neighbor couldn't shoot it (and he was a cop).
I got it with a field hockey stick.
My old man was proud.

[spence]

Pull the dandelions and they'll go away until next year...

-spence

[Raven]

something real simple & natural , cheap too

i think its cornmeal gluten

they cannot grow where its spread
read it in mother earth last year

http://www.grinningplanet.com/2006/0...al-article.htm

what i do tho is to pop all the tops first
all the yellow flowers go in a bucket
cuz seeds are REAL soon to follow


then i take a regular shovel spade and slide
it in next to the biggest ones first,,,,
and semi lift it to loosen the soil a bit
so you can yank out the hole root
then ya step on the spot re seating the soil

of course if your inundated with them and striped bass
are about to explode on yer plug...soon

poison the crap out of them and go fishin

[numbskull]

Have 3 boys, nothing will kill a lawn better....except maybe 4 boys.

[JFigliuolo]

Pick 'em and eat 'em. Seriously. delicious in salad or lightly sauteed in olive oil and garlic over pasta.

We used to go out when I was young and pick them in the spring. My grandmother would cook them that night.

[djlesco]

if your shoot that wood chuck send me some of the fur for teasears.... lol

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

Pick 'em and eat 'em. Seriously. delicious in salad or lightly sauteed in olive oil and garlic over pasta.

We used to go out when I was young and pick them in the spring. My grandmother would cook them that night.

As I was reading this thread I was goingf to post the same thing.....Dandelion Greens....good eating.


Plant tomatos.....Woodchucks won't eat them....the plants are poisonous

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by redlite

My dad battled them with the pea plants growin up. He couldn't shoot it. My neighbor couldn't shoot it (and he was a cop).
I got it with a field hockey stick.
My old man was proud.

Geez, when we were talking hockey at Bob's house, I thought you played ice hockey.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Have 3 boys, nothing will kill a lawn better....except maybe 4 boys.

the HOZON water syphon (aint so cheap)

anyways...
ya fill up a 5 gallon bucket with super thrive vitamin b1 mix
root stimulant at a rate of one only drop per gallon
(one bottle- it goes a long way) increases root growth X 100

then spike it with some sea weed extract or maybe some miracle grow

set up the sprinkler and fertilize with ease

here's the link so you'll get the idea
Fertilizer Injectors, Siphon Mixers and Hose End Sprayers at Home Harvest Garden Supply

PS, you can use some cleats to make the lawn holes for seed
prior to you watering regiment

always plant seed during the last week before the full moon
and /or preferably during a long rainy spell

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Try growing pumpkins and see what they do...

I fenced my pumpkins in like they are inside a firtress. Also collect and spread my dogs poop inside and outside fence so the chucks think there is something bigger than them living inside.

[Swimmer]

Weed-B-Gone does take care of them. May take 7 or 8 days until the plant craps out though. Some plants are tougher than others. Crab Grass takes 3 to 5 days, and so on.

[Sundowner]

they make a dandelion picker, it looks like a long screwdriver w/ a fork on the end so you get down to the bottom of the root. Good idea to cut the tops and put in a bucket cause of the seeds, and dont shake the roots either cause theres seeds already in the soil, put down a little pre-emergence after you pluck em, I think thats what the corn gluten is.

what part do you cook, the tops or the greens? I'll try anything

[FishermanTim]

keeping dandelions out of your yard is like trying to keep flies off sh*t.
They come from everywhere else. The seeds get blown into your yard from someone else's, and unless you want to patrol the neighborhood looking for them, it's just a matter of keeping them in check.

As for groundhogs, they would rather eat native plants like dandelions and clover. They LOVE clover.

Unless you actually see them in your garden, you may be blaming the wrong varmint. We had squirrels that would raid our tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.

[Raven]

first i'll buy some BEER .......... allot of BEER
then i'll grab the shovel and the dingo
and together we'll go dig him out....

i'll skin him and cook him right on the spot for the dog
and then when i say the word "wood chuck" her eyes will light up