Unforunately, springtime is prime time for the garden-damaging activities of moles, voles and gophers. It’s an exasperating experience: you go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub, or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gophers are plant eaters, and they're not picky, so a wide range of garden favorites can be at risk — but these 17 plants are ...

Gophers are herbivorous. Spending lots of time underground, they tend to eat the underground parts of plants. This includes the bulbs of bulb plants, carrots, potatoes, and, yes, the roots of your ...

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 ...