"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:51:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Sharpen your spade. Slip it straight down along the sidewalk, thereby
making
a slot, as if you were edging a garden bed. Insert 1/4" galvanized
hardware
cloth (the metal mesh with little square holesS). Ba da bing - end of
problem. The so-called hardware cloth lasts about 10 years underground.

Well, chipmunks can dig deeper than your little shvel can.

1) Please describe the spade I own, by size and brand name.

2) I don't believe your chipmunk theory. I think you just like trapping
things so you can play with their little pee-pees before releasing them.