Do you have mysterious mounds showing up in your yard? Well I do, and I have had numerous calls this past week. The first question I ask is, "are the holes in the mound plugged or open?" If the holes ...

Pocket gophers that invade yards are destructive pests. They damage and kill a variety of edible plants when they feed on roots, bulbs and other underground plant tissues. Gophers also gnaw on plastic ...

Pocket gophers are burrowing rodents that live almost entirely underground. Gophers are well adapted to their underground existence, with stout forelegs and strong curved claws for digging. They have ...

A friend was in a large hardware store checkout line, discussing his purchase to deal with gophers. Another customer stated loudly, "You know what gets rid of gophers?" Everyone around went silent and ...

Spring is here, and sprouting seeds are not the only living things stirring the warm, moist soil of California gardens. The gophers are stirring down there, too. It is now peak breeding season for the ...

For the last couple of summers, my neighbor and I have been dealing with a pocket gopher invasion that is getting closer to our joint fruit orchard. Their familiar mounds kept appearing around the ...