The woodchucks.
Adorable, but hungry.
And there’s no rhyme or reason to what they’ll eat.
This echinacea?
Stripped to a stalk the same day I planted it.
They devoured it before I could even get a picture, and if you know me? You know that’s fast.
This candy cane Dianthus? Nope. They left it alone.
The exact same plant on the other side of the garden bed?
A mere shadow of itself.
WTF?
So when it came time to replant the bed I had removed the woodchuck chewed mallow from, I went to the experts and got a list.
A list of woodchuck proof flowers they were guaranteed not to eat.
Blanket flower? Check!
Planted two, they haven’t touched them.
(Please note dianthus is on the list and we all know how that turned out.)
Foxglove? Check!
They literally took one bite and ran.
Good thing since it’s the source of digitalis.
Last on the list? Yarrow.
If you’ve ever had deer nibble your gardens to a nub, you know they hate yarrow.
Every critter hates yarrow…. so I planted yarrow.
So…..
Yeah.
The little buggers are screwing with me.
There’s no other explanation.
And look at that belly…
They’re getting fat doing it!
River's world..... 
They are eating those plant because it is rude to refuse what it offered to you…
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Great. Just my luck to have the only polite woodchucks in Maine…
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Plant kale, and they will never bother you again.
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I’m not that desperate!
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… And here I thought you wanted to get rid of the stuff.
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Maybe they’re going for a certain look.
That one does seem a bit portly. Is there a list of low-fat plants?
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I’m counting on him getting too fat to move around freely…
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He’s well on his way. Jaba the Chuck.
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Ha! I like it…
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Can’t help it, those flowers look tasty to me too.
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*Note to self… cancel WordPress dinner party*
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How’s yer wallet? Screaming for mercy yet?
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They won’t beat me!
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They have you trained………………*ducks and runs*!!
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He’s not fat–he’s eating greens–it must be the camera angle or the way he is sitting!!!
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That’s what I always say…..
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OMG, that last picture reminds me of the critter (gopher, maybe?) in “Caddyshack.” 🤣
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They must be cousins..
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This has all the makings of a deeply nefarious plot. I’ll light a votive in honor of your efforts. I won’t remember why I did so two minutes later, but trust that I was thinking of you, if only briefly… 😉
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And I appreciate that, however briefly.
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Oh, I’m loving the evil woodchuck photo at the bottom! That’s a better evil genius face than I’ve ever gotten from one of my squirrels! Or maybe the yarrow gave him gas…
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When he starts rubbing his hands together and chuckling? We’re moving….
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