Varmints: The chase is on.

[big brown horse]

Because of you LDY I've been hummin the Blackeyed Peas "My Humps" all day!

 

[chipmunk]

So loves to tell the story of how he helped a friend rid his garden of gophers.

After spending a lot of time and energy putting in a nice little vegetable garden one year, our friend was quickly becoming annoyed at the devastation of crops by the local gopher population. He and his brother attempted all sorts of rememdies, gopher traps, shooting, bait etc. One day he decided to try someting different. He got the gasoline can and emptied it into the gopher holes. He then took struck a match and tossed it into one of the holes.... and whroooomfff the whole thing exploded!!! right down the neat row of peppers! Pop, Pop, Pop they all popped out and landed next to the bed. The friend got a little singed too! He might have gotten the gopher, but he didn't get any peppers that year either

Sounds like what the golf course guy did in CADDYSHACK.

 

[FarmerDenise]

Tha's probably how he got the idea

 

[On Our own]

So loves to tell the story of how he helped a friend rid his garden of gophers.

After spending a lot of time and energy putting in a nice little vegetable garden one year, our friend was quickly becoming annoyed at the devastation of crops by the local gopher population. He and his brother attempted all sorts of rememdies, gopher traps, shooting, bait etc. One day he decided to try someting different. He got the gasoline can and emptied it into the gopher holes. He then took struck a match and tossed it into one of the holes.... and whroooomfff the whole thing exploded!!! right down the neat row of peppers! Pop, Pop, Pop they all popped out and landed next to the bed. The friend got a little singed too! He might have gotten the gopher, but he didn't get any peppers that year either

Sounds like what the golf course guy did in CADDYSHACK.

OMG I just told DH about this and he lit up like it was christmas and said. ""What a great idea!"

I said, "It blew up their garden!"
His reply, "But then you don't have to till it!"

Great gang thanks!!! I know who to call when my garden looks like Iraq!!!

 

[enjoy the ride]

My response to gopher central (otherwise known as my place) is to 1) plant fruit trees in cages and 2) make raised beds sitting over hardware cloth.
I also do the gopher stomp- which means that every mound of gopher dirt I see is stomped down. I think it keeps them busy and slows their tunneling some- I think.

 

[Ldychef2k]

Went out yesterday late and checked the tunnel I found. It had been dug into again....a pile of fresh dirt. After doing a bit of research, I am going to get an inexpensive sonic repeller. Supposed to work for 6000 subsequently feet, so that will be good... Will report on success, if any.

 

[enjoy the ride]

I tried those- worked for a couple of seansons then the buggers started ignoring them. In fact one heaved the thing up out of the soil.
It depends on the density of your soil too.

 

[Dace]

So loves to tell the story of how he helped a friend rid his garden of gophers.

After spending a lot of time and energy putting in a nice little vegetable garden one year, our friend was quickly becoming annoyed at the devastation of crops by the local gopher population. He and his brother attempted all sorts of rememdies, gopher traps, shooting, bait etc. One day he decided to try someting different. He got the gasoline can and emptied it into the gopher holes. He then took struck a match and tossed it into one of the holes.... and whroooomfff the whole thing exploded!!! right down the neat row of peppers! Pop, Pop, Pop they all popped out and landed next to the bed. The friend got a little singed too! He might have gotten the gopher, but he didn't get any peppers that year either

Sounds like what the golf course guy did in CADDYSHACK.

OMG I just told DH about this and he lit up like it was christmas and said. ""What a great idea!"

I said, "It blew up their garden!"
His reply, "But then you don't have to till it!"

Great gang thanks!!! I know who to call when my garden looks like Iraq!!!

Thanks for the good laugh! Gotta love men.

 

[okiegirl1]

my mom swears up and down to plant castor beans. I'm not supposed to let them grow tall, just keep mowing them down and the root system will continue to grow. I guess the gophers eat the roots and die. ????