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I saw what I thought was a really fat groundhog sitting under the hemlock trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An apple fell out of the tree and the “fat groundhog” took off for the apple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“Fat groundhog” racing for an apple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n
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Adorable “fat groundhog” eating an apple.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
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The next morning, this is what I came out to. It wasn’t a ground hog. It was a beaver and it was eating my tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What I at first thought was a very fat groundhog ended up being a beaver.<\/p>\n

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Cliff wrapped the tree in two layers of chain link.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I walked downstream and sure enough, there is a series of dams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The beaver cleared up a lot of underbrush around a small wetland near me.<\/p>\n

So, we\u2019ll have to see how much of a problem this problem is.<\/p>\n

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So, look again. That is definitely not a groundhog tail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beaver stand up, using their tail to balance so he can eat the apples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I at first thought was a very fat groundhog ended up being a beaver. The beaver cleared up a lot of underbrush around a small wetland near me. So, we\u2019ll have to see how much of a problem this problem is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-log-cabin","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/featured_image-beaver.jpg?fit=1200%2C632&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12152,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/why-are-prefab-modular-homes-and-park-models-so-narrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":620,"position":0},"title":"Why are prefab, modular homes, and park models so narrow?","author":"Carla","date":"August 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Why are prefab, modular homes, and park models the size they are? 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