Opossums are more common than you think, but not a garden problem

Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Image courtesy Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org by Connie Oswald Stofko I recently got this question from a reader: Hi Connie! Over here on Maynard, I just saw a possum. Is this something new for Eggertsville? Ellyn K. Demler Since I also live in this part of Amherst, this question was especially interesting to me. A few weeks ago, I saw a deer across the street from my house–the first I had seen in…