Groundhog Damages Red Maple Tree! #gardeningtips

If you are a gardener, and have healthy trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals, they will attract wildlife to your garden and landscape! Last Autumn, we noticed a fat, furry, rodent-looking animal near the front of our home. We wondered what it was, but we weren’t alarmed. He probably spent the Winter living underground in our garden. Now that it’s early Spring, he is active. We noticed a hole near our Azaleas and we filled in the hole with large rocks.

Filled in Groundhog Hole w/ Rocks! #groundhog #groundhogs dug a hole in our #garden and we filled in the hole with #rocks. May need to set a #trap and release him in the #woods far away from our #landscape #landscapes and #gardens #gardendc #gardener #gardeningtips #gardeningtipsforbeginners #wildlife #gardeningproblems #wildlifeproblems #itsgardening #youtube #youtuber #youtubers #youtubechannel

A post shared by itsgardeningtime (@itsgardeningtime) on Apr 13, 2017 at 7:44am PDT

Now that we definitely know we have a problem, we need to keep an eye out for holes and quickly fill them in. We also need to protect the tree from further damage by setting up a deterrent. We love our Red Maple tree! It provides numerous benefits to our home and landscape!

Red Maple Tree in Autumn Landscape! #redmaple #redmapletree #tree #trees #autumnleaves #autumn #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #landscaping #nature #naturelover #naturephotography #gardens #garden #gardening #gardenlife

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Stay tuned as we do all we can to save our Red Maple from the big bad groundhog! For beginner gardeners, it’s very important to keep an eye on your garden and notice any changes. There is a reason animals visit your garden … they are usually eating something that you value!

Groundhog Evidence! We saw a fat furry animal last Autumn near the front of our home & holes in the ground … we believe it’s a #groundhog #groundhogs Did some research & found they like to eat #treebark #treebarks #tree #trees Our gorgeous #redmaple #redmapletree #redmapletrees at risk so must figure out how to protect the tree! #landscape #landscapes #landscaping #landscapelovers #treelife #treelove #treelover #treeloversforlife #treelovers #itsgardeningtime #youtube #youtubers #youtuber #youtubechannel

A post shared by itsgardeningtime (@itsgardeningtime) on Apr 13, 2017 at 6:43am PDT

It is now Autumn and we have noticed holes in the ground near our home, which is evidence of groundhogs. We placed chickenwire around the base of the tree to stop the damage.

Moles Voles & Groundhog Holes! It's #autumn so the critters are busy looking for homes in your #garden #landscape Holes in the ground are evidence of #moles #voles & #groundhogs Damage to #trees #tree #treebark indicates #groundhog We use #chickenwire to protect #mapletree #mapletrees Protect #gardens #landscapes looking for #winterhome #winterhomes at itsgardeningtime.com/?p=8635 #gardening #gardeningtips #gardener #gardenersofinstagram #gardenerslife

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