Ok.  I totally secured that fence in the corner.  Here’s what I did on Saturday.

and I sprayed the HECK on the echinacea and the hollyhocks and all along the fence.

and this is what i found this morning.

to say i am depressed and angry and upset is an understatement.  i circled the entire yard and could NOT find any other hole for the nasty g-hog to get in. 

So after calming down a little i built a wire fence around those hollyhocks – i am DETERMINED to protect them  Of course WHY is something eating these NOW after a month of leaving them alone!  Just when they are getting tall enough to be able to start budding? 

off to cry in my tea.