It’s an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause ...

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 ...

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,” ...

Question: Gophers are wrecking my garden. What can I do to stop them? A: Take heart. We have some tips for managing them. Five species of pocket gophers are found in California, with Botta’s pocket ...

I have been bombarded with questions about moles, voles, and pocket gophers lately. Identifying which mammal is causing damage seems to be a major problem among lawn owners. Therefore I will try to ...

Vertebrate pests can pose a serious threat to the achievement of one’s “dream garden” by wreaking havoc on plants and vegetables literally overnight. They feed or gnaw on the roots of ornamental ...

Do brown mounds of fresh earth get you down? Are your carefully tended flowers and vegetables drooping or disappearing? Learn how to get gopher problems under control at a workshop taught by Thomas ...

The extension office often receives inquiries from homeowners about little crit ters that dig holes in their yard. They are usually rodents — some excavate mounds of soil, others just create holes in ...