Spring is here, and sprouting seeds are not the only living things stirring the warm, moist soil of California gardens. The gophers are stirring down there, too. It is now peak breeding season for the ...

Q: I have been unsuccessful in getting rid of gophers from my lawn. I have tried poison (rejected back to the surface), flooding the tunnels (only softens the ground for ease of tunneling), and a ...

Ray Festa, UCCE Master Gardener, demonstrates how to place a trapline gopher trap in a gopher hole. Joe Johnston jjohnston@thetribunenews.com Have you ever discovered dirt mounds in the middle of your ...