Once the gardens are planted, the avid gardener waits impatiently for the flower patches to double in size, and the vegetable plants to become laden with luscious fruit.  But there are dangers that must be dealt with.  One worry is what kind of weather will Mother Nature send this season.  Will we be blessed with abundant sunshine, but without the scorching temperatures?  Will there be enough rain, falling ever so gently?  Whatever Mother Nature sends our way, we will be able to cope.   But there's one enemy that the ever watchful gardener has little chance to overcome  -  the varmints that prey on gardens everywhere!

They lurk in the shadows and pounce on the crop as soon as it comes in.  These varmints come in all shapes and sizes, including deer, oppossum, racoons, rabbits  -  even the diminutive chipmunks!  These cute, adorable creatures specialize in raiding the cherry tomatoes, escaping with their booty in their tiny mouths.  But the worst of them all, the king of the predators is the voracious, fearless groundhog!  

What gardener hasn't kept watch to determine what animal has been gobbling up the fruit of his/her labor?  Hoping upon hope that it won't be the always hungry destructive groundhog, who'll devour everything in its path!  We'd much rather have rabbits, because they only nibble here and there.  And they're so much cuter that groundhogs.

Farmer McGregor was justified in chasing Peter Rabbit out of his garden.  But what would he have done to rid himself of a groundhog?