Groundhogs are one of my favorite animals and people think I'm crazy. They are hilarious to watch. I would love to be able to have something like this in my yard!
Amy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yeah, he did have a mound of dirt. See, what > happened was: He had dug his den out under our old > propane tank, so the entrance was covered because it > was under the tank. We had a new tank put in at a > different location, and then we had the old tank > removed. This left a bare patch of ground with a big > gaping groundhog mound and den. SO... I took a > garden rake, and I leveled out the mound as best I > could, carefully avoiding his hole, then I made the > bottomless (well it's actually 3-sided with a > saltbox roof) house, and I sat that down over the > hole, then I kinda pressed it down into the loose > soil, and then I re-leveled around the house. I then > dug out a rectangle in the front of his house, and > set in a masonry brick as a concrete "patio". He > likes to stretch out on his new patio, but no, I've > never seen him up on the roof of the house. I don't > think he's quite that athletic, to be honest, he's > fat and has pretty short legs, and the roof is over > a foot off the ground. I do have video of him on his > patio, I'm not sure how good the quality will be > once I upload it as a still image though. I need to > put some grass seed out on the bare ground around > his house, when it rains, the dirt splatters up on > the walls of the house, it looks pretty filthy now. > > Phaewryn > > PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! > http://ucat.us/adopt.html > > DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for > construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and > HOMES for CATS! > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - > Release Date: 7/21/2006 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
