{"id":2813,"date":"2015-04-03T03:02:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T08:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:07:22","slug":"just-how-destructive-are-nj-groundhogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/03\/just-how-destructive-are-nj-groundhogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Just How Destructive Are NJ Groundhogs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2460\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/j0442639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/j0442639-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Don't Let Bugs Take Control of Your Home\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/j0442639-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/j0442639.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So What Do Groundhogs Do?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s bad enough a certain infamous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/the-trouble-with-groundhogs\/\" target=\"_self\">groundhog<\/a> postponed your \u201cspring break\u201d from this season\u2019s miserably cold winter. But did you know he and his brethren were capable of ruining your scenic Freehold yard as well?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just how much damage can that Punxsutawney pest\u2019s relatives do? Groundhogs can\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make large mounds, excavating 700 pounds of dirt for a single den, piling dirt high enough to trip up large machinery \u2013 and you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dig <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/20\/groundhogs-gophers-moles-voles-how-do-you-know-if-you-have-them\/\" target=\"_self\">extensive tunnels<\/a> invasive to your Freehold lawn and garden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make a meal of vegetables in your gardens &#8211; after tunneling through root systems. A very thorough pest indeed!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Perform a sort of random sampling, grabbing a single bite from dozens of different veggies in your garden and decimating crop yields of peppers, zucchini, pumpkin, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Munch on leaves, flowers, and grasses throughout your property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Climb trees to munch on fruit like apples and pears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dig burrows near gardens (yum!) as well as newly planted trees and recently dug fence posts, because they\u2019re lazy and it\u2019s less work to dig a burrow where you\u2019ve already loosened dirt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sending the persistent pests packing<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can try to exclude groundhogs with a 3.5 foot fence buried a foot in the ground surrounding plants, hanging wind chimes or tying pie plates to trees, and spreading Epsom salts, but they\u2019re often <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/animal-control\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">difficult to deter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re tired of groundhogs hogging up your lawn, Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Allison<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s bad enough a certain infamous groundhog postponed your \u201cspring break\u201d from this season\u2019s miserably cold winter. 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