[CH] A Neat Solution to the Gopher problem
Ron Hay (ronhay@pacbell.net)
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 07:33:11 -0700
Good morning, friends.
In last Thursday's L.A. Times, there was a fascinating article on
keeping garden pests at bay. The one that caught my eye was the remedy
for gophers, since so much has been said regarding "hawgs" of various
sorts. Punch a hole in the tunnel of the critter's burrow, and wearing
gloves (to keep the human scent off it), place a stick of chewing gum in
the hole. When the gopher comes to investigate the light coming into
its tunnel, he will eat the chewing gum and choke to death.
One may argue whether or not this is humane, but according to Tom
Hollow, who is the groundskeeper for Soka University in the Santa Monica
Mountains, surrounded by wildlife, this is a sure-fire method.
Ron
p.s. I may be barking up the wrong tree, since I have never encountered
a ground hog in my life.