While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons

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By Matt SimonMay 1, 2026, 4:30 am121 ptsTrending
I caught a raccoon almost literally red-handed the other day. The night before, it (and presumably the comrades in its pack, technically known as a “gaze” of raccoons, because sure why not) had assaulted my garden, digging holes willy-nilly and uprooting seedlings I’d just put in the ground. In my three…

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