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[Raphaela of Bere Glyn]

Yes, and no, gophers of the hungry kind that Paul is talking about are a little
more rare but they do bother most gardners in most of the US.  I'm writting to you
from Southern California and we have small ones here in LA county that can be
controled with different plants put around the outside of the garden.  When we
lived in Northern California in the Eueka area I had to deal with the big ones
that mothballs, gopher be gone plants, garlic, water hose down the hole and
chicken wire burried 1 1/2 feet around the garden didn't stop.  We had to use
Charlie (our queensland healer, rotwieler mix) to get them and traps.  I finally
found a bug spray that worked but not before most of my 6 foot tall tomatoes were
gone.  That was one of my biggest learning experiences in gardening.
Raphaela

The Cheshire Cat wrote:

> >> From: Paul Gieri <dragon at lemoorenet.com>
> >> Does anyone have a solution for gophers?  They're eating everything!
> >> I've lost two trees and half a dozen rose bushes to them this year.  And
> >> they ate my gopher purge.
> >
> >Hello and welcome.  One of my books says that planting wormwood is good to
> >combat mice, and castor bean and narcessus are good to combat moles, but so
> >far I haven't found a reference to gophers.  I've been told that wormwood
> >is good to discourage burrowing rodents in general, but I haven't found a
> >reference to anything except mice.
>
> Hi, I'm fro Australia and fairly ne here as well, Since I live here I can't
> really imagine gophers eating everything, not that I'm disputing.  I'm just
> asking for my own personal interest.  Is gopher strike a big problem in the
> US?
> Thanx
> _Sianan
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