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 ...

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 ...

Missing plants and lawn tunnels surrounded by a crescent of dirt can be a sign of gophers. Here’s what to do. zhuclear / Getty Images North America has about 40 species of gophers or “pocket gophers,” ...

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 ...

Oftentimes when I have a conversation with someone about a critter that is tearing up their lawns, they will blame either a mole or a gopher. And more often than not, the damage is attributed to the ...

Gophers can be a serious threat in home gardens. They have a nasty reputation for pulling entire plants down from their roots and eating them. Even if your plants haven't been pulled underground, you ...

From the first sign of crescent shaped mounds popping up across your yard, it's game time—you need to figure out how to get rid of gophers from your garden ASAP. While these furry rodents may look ...

That mischievous gopher might steal the scene in the classic comedy “Caddyshack,” but you’ll undoubtedly want to channel Bill Murray’s energy in getting rid of that rodent, should you ever find one in ...

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 ...

When a soil mound, or two or three, appear in a lawn or garden with no sign of the offending critter, it can be puzzling to determine which critter caused the mound. However, identification is ...

‘I am getting these mounds of dirt in my yard. Something must be digging. Do I have moles, and if so, how do I get rid of them?” — L.S. Pocket gophers leave mounds of dirt, and moles leave raised dirt ...