What Does Mole Damage Look Like?
It is difficult to say exactly what mole damage looks like because the damage caused by moles can sometimes be mistaken for damage caused by other lawn pests such as voles, rats, gophers, and ground squirrels. If you see patches of dead grass in your yard, that is a good sign that you have a mole problem but that dead
Hillsborough, CA Gopher Removal And Mole Removal
We here at Smith’s Pest Management, “your Bay area gopher guys”, get a lot of calls for gophers an moles infestation in and around Hillsborough, California. This quintessential Peninsula community is a great example of what prime gopher and mole habitat looks like…yet it has fine landscapes and gardens sprinkled throughout. Of course, folks can’t tolerate burrowing pests in the garden so
Don’t Use Plain Chicken Wire For Raised Beds, Use Gopher Wire
Chicken wire can rust away in less then 3 years leaving you unprotected. Gophers will get into your raised beds as soon as they find the chicken wire has rusted away. Use stainless steel or double galvanized “gopher wire” which is made specifically to last in underground applications like lining raised beds, making gopher baskets, etc. I saw an article
Keep Gophers Out With An Underground Barrier Fence
We can keep gophers out by installing an underground barrier fence in your yard. Though it sounds difficult and expensive, oftentimes it is not. To keep gophers out of your sensitive areas we dig a trench two feet deep and install galvanized underground. The gopher wire can parallel fence lines, be put around gardens and under veggie beds before vegetables are planted. We