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Couple of requests for pictures of the Gopher moat. So the picture shows on the left 2 apple trees and all the way down at the end a fig tree. Each of the trees used to have a trench dug … Continue reading →

I have filled in all the old individual trenches around the trees with compost- well, and a lot of brush clearance debris. The trees should enjoy that. And I have 2 trenches 1 on each side of a path that … Continue reading →

I had busted my tail trying to keep my trees away from the gophers without poisoning them. My ex significant other – who donated the liquid plumber to my constructed wetland – was extremely annoyed that I was spending the … Continue reading →

Gophers on their side of the “moat”    

I must have planted my fruit trees on gophercentral. I would get home and a tree would be completely wilted. I could just lift it up out of the ground. I had a lemon that was maybe 2 inches thick … Continue reading →

I think often, about how I can live on my property without killing the animals that were already there – even accidentally kill them. That is one of the reasons I spent so much time and effort on my gopher … Continue reading →

It was, and still is, fairly large, and that bulge in the middle is not a frog, certainly not a tadpole, and ummm not a lizard. Unfortunately it is one of my $10 koi. Oh well it is just like … Continue reading →

I think I’ve got a mole. :-) I saw little pushed up runs around the orchard the other day. I dug a few up and they were all pretty much on the surface and about the diameter of my thumb … Continue reading →