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Products like organic soap sprays and organic horticultural oil control smaller pests, while tree guards, netting, and fruit protection bags are musts for deterring birds and large critters such as groundhogs or raccoons, or deer that may damage the tree bark.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025 Like an ancient demon or witch’s familiar, Punxsutawney Phil, the iconic Pennsylvanian groundhog, has long cornered the market on the weather warming.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 National Weather Service offices are fielding calls from people with wacky theories about geoengineering, groundhogs, and so forth.—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Cousins to groundhogs and grey squirrels, chipmunks are active year-round, building elaborate tunnels that run 20 to 30 feet long.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for groundhog
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