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Re: Burrowing Pests - Advice Needed - THANK YOU!

Thank you to all who responded to my call for help on my mole problem!  Lots
of great advice and antecdotes - everything from caging underneath my raised
beds (my first inclination) to blowing 'em up with carbide.  This list is
truly a wonderful resource!

One of my stops earlier this week was the library where I found a very
informative book, Common-Sense Pest Control.  Not only does it discuss
moles, but practically all other common pests that haunt gardeners and home
owners.  Next time you're in the library find the book and browse through
it, it might help.

Thanks again!

Harry

BTW, here is the book info:  Common-Sense Pest Control by Olkowski, Daar and
Olkowski...ISBN 0-942391-63-2.



-----Original Message-----
From: tboehme@INTERNET.STEM.COM <tboehme@INTERNET.STEM.COM>
To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu <sqft@lists.umsl.edu>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 18:02 PM
Subject: Re: Burrowing Pests - Advice Needed


>
>     Harry,
>
>     I buried chicken wire walls to block gophers.  It works but...the wire
>     gets in the way of my digging in the garden too.  I would do two
>     things differently now.
>
>     First;  Wire up the entire plot in one go.  I did sections and now
>     that I'm changing the layout I have to fight through numerous buried
>     chicken wire walls.
>
>     Second;  Bury the wire several inches 'outside' of your plot
>     perimeters.  My wire is right along the edge of the squares and my
>     shovel snags all the time when I'm trying to cultivate.
>
>     I probably won't ever do that again.  At the time I had a free summer
>     and wanted the exercise.  Burying chicken wire went along with double
>     digging the entire plot.
>
>     It was cool seeing the gopher trails come up to my garden and then go
>     around (not in).  This gave me time to get Mcabee traps in before they
>     found my vegetables.
>
>     Don't bother with the 'gopher gas bombs'.  They don't smoke long
>     enough to kill/chase out the critters.  A road flare really does the
>     job but does anyone on the list know what a flare leaves in your
>     soil!?  My advice is stick with traps.
>
>     Tom B
>     P.S.  Don't blow yourself up with the carbide trick (even through it
>     sounds like an awful lot of fun)


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