Gophers can be a serious threat in home gardens. They have a nasty reputation for pulling entire plants down from their roots and eating them. Even if your plants haven't been pulled underground, you ...

Snails and slugs are repelled by copper. Copper foil or screen wrapped around planting boxes or trunks prevents them from crossing. UC Regents I may have offended a few people last month when I ...

Q: I have a resident gopher in my lawn. We’re on speaking terms, but unfortunately I can’t write what I have been saying to it. I asked my neighbor for advice and he advised me to stand patiently over ...

Gophers are burrowing rodents which live almost entirely underground. Gophers are well adapted to their underground existence, with stout forelegs and strong curved claws for digging. They have ...

It’s an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause ...

Lori Dunkel spotted a dirt mound in her yard last fall. Next to it was another mound, and another one next to that. “Wow, this is getting worse,” Dunkel recalled telling herself. It was October, she ...