DEAR JOAN: We have some animal tunneling around our raised bed gardens. Almost every day, I need to smash down a new tunnel path, only to find a new one the next day. It is surprising to me, because ...

Looking out at your lawn and seeing a bunch of holes, hills or tunnels can be jarring. Where did they come from? How could a critter move so fast? It looked fine yesterday! Maybe you race to Google to ...

CORVALLIS – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from ...

Gophers are the most active in the spring and the fall. I don’t usually think of gophers as a problem this time of year, but my neighbor across the street has trapped several in the past few weeks and ...

Gardening with gophers and moles is a “holey” affair. Living on a farm, moles and gophers are everywhere, and I am losing the battle in my flower garden beds. I am getting very discouraged, and rock ...

They may be cute in children’s books, but gophers are among the most exasperating garden pests. Unless you’re willing to wave a white flag, it’s critical to stop an invasion before it gets out of hand ...

I have been bombarded with questions about moles, voles, and pocket gophers lately. Identifying which mammal is causing damage seems to be a major problem among lawn owners. Therefore I will try to ...

It’s an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause ...