permaculture

["Michael Murphy" <mmurphy@ctsl.com>]

We're just south of San Francisco.
Gopher bombs work but we are getting certified organic, so they are out.
Gophers will dig 12" down and travel on top of the ground over anything
under 6" for sure.  We go down 18" and up 12" to be sure.
Trench and wire mesh is the permanent solution.
Temporary: they hate male urine.  Have a wiz party.  Show the Wizard of
Oz, serve Cheese Whiz and feed the guys lots of beer, with all inside
toilets posted for women only.  Mark the gopher holes outside as the
male restrooms.
Our two Maine Coon Cats catch a fair number of them.
In classic Mollison-think, your friend doesn't have too many gophers -
s/he just doesn't have enough gopher snakes.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Schinnerer [mailto:eco_living@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:45 PM
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [permaculture] Gopher control


Aloha,

Looking for tested methods of gopher control for a friend of mine in
central coast CA, non-killing if possible.  Trench and wire mesh around
the garden is a future option but not doable this year due to lack of
time and/or money (how deep will they go, anyhow?).  So, repellent
mixes, that sort of thing, for short-term relief until a longer-term
solution can be implemented...

thanks,
John S.

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