Whistle pigs, otherwise known as ground hogs, thrive when you make a garden. That is why one crazy whistle pig decided to settle down and make a home under our deck. He ventures out to devour our produce, and even ate some tomatoes of our deck. That is why last weekend we constructed an electric fence that is probably going to keep him out of our vegetables this year.
However, the electric fence is not a fortress. The plastic poles that support the wire bend easily and the the wire does not go down far enough to be completely woodchuck-proof. We don't even have a sophisticated gate! Still we can still be sure that it hurts, because my brother touched both the outputs at once and dropped our 100 dollar power box. He has confirmed that he will not touch it again, to my disappointment
Also, if the fence does not keep the little varmint away from our garden, we plan on trapping him. We plan on getting one of the traps where you bait creature in and then a gate closes, but my mom and I are not above getting one that looks like an ancient execution device (many jokes have been made about his demise, including us shooting him). I am guessing his last thought will be " I ate one tomato too many" or some such thing.
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