A while back I declared a truce with the gophers. They, however, did not see my white flag. Last week, they went at one of the two agave plants I have in the backyard. Upon my return (I was gone for a week) I found one of the agaves dug out from underneath. The agave [...]
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Playing Chess with Gophers
Posted: March 28, 2011 in animals, backyard, desert, gopher, gophers, medicinalTags: arizona desert, gophers, Post-Apocalypse Landscaping, War with gopers
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The gophers won and hate mail
Posted: March 13, 2011 in animals, animals, backyard, gopher, gophers, meatI have decided to surrender in my war against the gophers for four reasons. I am a highly ineffective opponent. They are clearly winning. Assuming regular new holes means they are doing just fine. I am not confident that they are doing any harm to the garden or the trees, I think they eat the [...]
Gopher update
Posted: February 17, 2011 in animals, animals, backyard, cooking, gopher, gophers, pets, proteinTags: food, gopher
I have yet to kill much less catch a gopher. I will spare you the details because otherwise you would think I am cruel.
The gopher traps have been out for 48 hours. I can’t tell if I have had any close encounters. None of the traps have sprung on their own accord.
Weekend Plans, “Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts”
Posted: January 14, 2011 in animals, backyard, food, garden, gopher, gophers, meatTags: food, garden, gopher
At the risk of sounding all Bill Murray via Caddyshack, this weekend will be my first experiment with trying to snare the gophers in my backyard. Previous attempts at trying to get them to walk into a beer cooler laid on its side and nibble of some radish leaves attached by rubber ban to the [...]
