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Re: Gopher panic

a friend tried scillia bulbs and it worked.  he planted them - the gophers
ate them - they love them and it poisoned them

At 09:57 PM 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Help--my gophers are getting out or control and taking over the garden
(flower beds and herb beds, luckily I put hardware cloth under my raised
beds).  I've tried the gas sticks and now have 2 traps, but no success.
Every morning I find more damage and I'm very upset.  My daughter says live
and let live, but I can't do that with my plants I've nurtured with so much
care.
>
>Any helpful advise (or sympathy) appreciated.
>
>Heidi the Gopher victim
>
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>From:   Julia Pittenger[SMTP:jpittenger@SELMA.BSU.EDU]
>Sent:   Friday, April 18, 1997 10:08 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:        New squarefooter/walnut trees!
>
>We have just built our first square foot garden (4 ft * 8 ft * 12 in) and
>filled it with compost and peat moss.  Our reason for building this raised
>bed was because of black walnut trees and the inability to grow many
>veggies on our property that are sensitive.
>
>Questions:   After this first year (hopefully plentiful!), what will be the
>condition of the soil for next year and years to come?    Will the walnut
>poison leach through from the bottom soil?   Will busy squirrels hiding
>nuts pollute the garden?  Thanks....
>
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