California. Doesn't rain for 8 months of the year. Why put water on a lawn if nature didn't intend grass to grow there?
Wood chips, I was assuming, didn't need maintenance. Plus, I have a huge amount.
I had some success with lit road flare "highway fusee" stuffed into the hole, and then back fill with rocks and dirt.
Firearm and hollow points has such a much more satisfying feel to it.
Who said anything about water? ;o)
Ooooohh............then lets plan for termites, then carpenter ants. Solution: ant eater.
How large an area are you covering?
At a hardware store, I did see a gadget, that allows you to park a vehicle near the hole, and run exhaust into the gopher hole. I figure it would either bug out the other hole, or die in place and stink.
I tried one time to flood it out with the garden hose, but 15 minutes or so, and no results I could tell.
Wonder if the actor Bill Murray makes house calls? Hello, Mr. Groundhog, this is Mr. Squirrel, your friend....
1) Trap and move is ineffective. My Dad did that with squirrels in the bird feeder. He concluded it was like trying to make a hole in the ocean by dipping on one side of the boat, and pour onto the other. 2) Shooting the squirrel in your bird feeder is ineffective. My Dad's friend Vic (world war two vet) shot the squirrel in his feeder. Another one arrived the next day. he gave up after having shot 300 squirrels. 3) Chipmunks are cute, but I've known them to do incredible damage. Try feeding them fruit dipped in auto antifreeze, see if that helps.
The RKBA ain't about duck hunting, or deer hunting. It's about politicians and rodents, who are often indistinguishable.
I know if I lived in a neighborhood where people crammed catshit in my home and left, I'd be sure to move.
My trailer park has a trap they put out, and they do catch and move and release. Wasted effort. On the roads near me, I see woodchuck / groundhog all the time near the roads. Scampering about. This part of the world has plenty of them. I could trap and kill five a day, and hardly affect the population.
You may be unable to do much about things.
I've already used the word catshit on Usenet, so we'll have each other for company. Well, at least I didn't use the A word, the B word, the C word.... oh, wait, catshit. I'm doomed.
This article seems to be pretty good about what to do:
It seems to indicate I have a Botta?s (or valley) pocket gopher: Thomism bottae
Since you have to know thine enemy before you can make it leave, I'm researching a bit on this particular species set.
The female produces one litter of about 6 gophers per year and the babies live on average about 3 years. Their deep lodge system can easily be 1 to 3 meters below ground, but their tunnels are shallower, at about 10 to 50 cm deep. They move about above ground mostly at night but are most active underground in the afternoon.
However, this article says they breed thrice a year:
Since they feed wholly on plant matter, you'd think they would go away once I covered the "lawn" with chips...
Perhaps we can look up bill Murray, and see if he needs help as a greenskeeper? We can spend eternity chasing gophers, and waking up for groundhog day, repeatedly.
Ah, that could make for a fun movie.
Squirrels are evil.
Squirrels are evil. He stopped about 10,000 short.
I've never known them to do "incredible" damage. I've never bothered them. I'd never be allowed to.
That is just animal cruelty. Shoot them if you need to. Trap them if necessary. Poisoning them with antifreeze is horrible. I'm surprised you came up with that one, Mormon.
If you'd said, "snakes", I'd agree. Politicians aren't cute.
Before you go down this road, you should watch "Caddy Shack". It's only funny because it's true.
Could be worse. It could be a weekend of golf with Obama.
The they borrow $17,000,000,000,000.00 from their unborn children. But that's OK, because they can be killed before they have to pay. Someone else's children can pay.
...or Democrats.
Is it true that according to veteran golfers, the term "Bad Lie" has been replaced by "An Obama"?
I remembered there was a Bil Murray movie. Yep, that's the one. Thanks for reminding me.
Don't tell me he cheats on his score card?
Wow, the double entendre in that one! I like it!
Well, he's a socialist. Of course he lies about his lies. he can't help it.
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