RE: Moles, Gopher.

I am quite certain that the elimination of gophers/moles/rabbits/what ever else makes your life not-so-perfect is contradictory to the religion of gardening...in other words, lawn mowers work best for what they were created for: cutting grass. 
-----Original Message-----
From: albert [mailto:emmanuel@mwt.net]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:01 PM
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: RE: Moles, Gopher.

i have a friend that every year does this,..
 
take the muffler of a lawn mower and put a straight pipe on it, then an elbow and another pipe
so as to reach the ground, then put the end of the pipe in a gopher hole and run the mower for a couple hours,
 
move the mower to another spot and repeat, seems to work.
 
al
-----Original Message-----
From: MaPerrin55@aol.com [mailto:MaPerrin55@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 11:41 AM
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Moles, Gopher.

John,
I live out in the country where gophers are everywhere. What I have found
through trial and error, is that gophers do not like marigolds, daffodils and
garlic. The roots of the marigolds emit a smell that the gophers do not like.
I do not know where you live, but here in California, I border all my raised
beds and my vegetable garden with marigolds, spaced about 6 inches apart. You
can also put in garlic in between all the marigolds. The gophers are
everywhere, but they will not go into the garden.
Maria
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