Re: frost heaving
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- Subject: Re: frost heaving
- From: "* S* L* <t*@tntie.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:18:57 -0700
From: "R. S. Lockman" <thelockmans@tntie.com>
John Montgomery,
Oh no , just what I need another varmit! I am in North Carolina but I will
research these little devils and see , maybe?
Donna Lockman
thelockmans@tntie.com
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> From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: frost heaving
> Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 10:53 PM
>
> From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
>
>
>
> R. S. Lockman wrote:
>
> > From: "R. S. Lockman" <thelockmans@tntie.com>
> >
> > Ummm, When we first got these tunnels, I would see Asiatic lily after
lily
> > disappear, same with hostas and some other perennials. Needless to say
this
> > was very upsetting for me. I only have two lilies now , havent replaced
> > those yet. Hostas, I was able to separate others and replace lost ones.
I
>
> The mention of lilies makes me think you may have pocket gophers. They
will
> walk all across town to eat a lily bulb and I have acyually had a
tug-of-war
> with a gopher on the bulb end and me on the stem.
>
> Superficially they look something like a vole on steriods. I don't know
that
> their feet are actually webbed but the front paws are like shovels. The
key to
> their id is a pocket in each cheek in which they store food to bring
home.
>
> If you live in the West or on the prairies I think that might be what you
have.
> If so, you might have a problem. They are our most destructive pest.
>
> Good luck
>
> John Montgomery
> email:monashee@junction.net
> Vernon BC Zone 5
>
>
>
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