Re: your mail

I mercifully lack burrowing mammals, but I have friends in gopher country
who swear by electronic vibrators [on green stakes] for both gophers and
moles.  Allegedly, these devices act as territorial markers.

But my friends also have very active dogs.


This spring I visited a garden in the Mother Lode country south of
Sacramento CA, where EVERY woody plant was encased in a mesh basket -- the
owners had lost everything they tried that wasn't protected.

loren russell, corvallis, oregon


On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, emhoffs wrote:

> I am writing for my daughter who lives in Highland Park, California. She is 
> trying to plant a garden on land which has a serious gopher problem. Her 
> prize plants are three Beaucarnia recurvata in 24 inch boxes.  Does anyone 
> know if gophers eat Beaucarnia? If they do she thought she might buy wire 
> and place it around the roots.  Can the wire be too tight or will the plant 
> grow around it?  Finally, is there any way to get rid of gophers other than 
> poison?
> 
> Ellen Hoffs
> Santa Monica, CA 
>
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