We tested each trap in our mole-infested yard to see which ones were easiest to set up and most effective. After four weeks, ...

Ray Festa, UCCE Master Gardener, demonstrates how to place a trapline gopher trap in a gopher hole. Joe Johnston [email protected] Have you ever discovered dirt mounds in the middle of your ...

Gophers are the most active in the spring and the fall. I don’t usually think of gophers as a problem this time of year, but my neighbor across the street has trapped several in the past few weeks and ...

Gardening with gophers and moles is a “holey” affair. Living on a farm, moles and gophers are everywhere, and I am losing the battle in my flower garden beds. I am getting very discouraged, and rock ...

They may be cute in children’s books, but gophers are among the most exasperating garden pests. Unless you’re willing to wave a white flag, it’s critical to stop an invasion before it gets out of hand ...

Their world is dark and they tunnel their way from one place to another, searching for tasty roots or wriggling insects to eat. Although they keep the insect population down, they are a bane to ...

CORVALLIS – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from ...

DEAR JOAN: This morning when I went out, I found a pile of earth in the corner of my lawn with two small piles to one side, just like what a mole would leave. It doesn’t look like anything an opossum ...