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Gopher panic

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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