Re: gophers
- Subject: Re: gophers
- From: "Glenn Breayley" v*@iafrica.com
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:07:13 +0200
>
>What we get in our small San Francisco backyard from
>time to time are, I think, moles. They make volcano-
>shaped mounds and do not seem to eat plants, but I am
>puzzled because they don't seem to make ridges between
>the mounds, which I thought moles always did. Someone
>once told me that there are moles that do not leave
>raised ridges between mounds, but couldn't tell me a
>name. Anyone know about these guys?
Dune moles - our South african equivalent - are very destructive. The most
effective remedy for these is to quietly feed a hose pipe down one of the
mounds, not disturbing the inhabitants, connect it to the exhaust of your
car & leave it running for half an hour.
I mentioned this one to a friend, in front of his 3 young daughters, the
other day. They got terribly upset. He was apparently reading them the '
Wind In The Willows' the night before. These childrens nursery
anthropomorphisms have a lot to answer for.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
Wholesale nurseryman & Tillandsia specialist wholesale & retail grower.
