Woodchucks are difficult to control; try a rope fence & urine

Woodchucks, also called groundhogs, can damage a garden. A rope fence sprayed with bobcat urine seems to be the best way to keep them away from your plants. Photo courtesy Brett Marshall, Sault College, Bugwood.org by Connie Oswald Stofko Maxine Osiewicz of Clarence watched last year as woodchucks decimated her dahlias. “You could see the woodchucks slapping the stems down and eating all the leaves,” she said. Woodchucks (also known as groundhogs) can damage trees and shrubs, too. Woodchucks gnaw…