Show Date: 8 Apr 10
Mounded areas in your lawn? Tiny aliens invading? It’s probably the Pocket Gopher.
gopher mounds
Aside from nasty chemicals and traps – you can consider planting a toxic plant – the Euphorbia Lathyris aka Gopher Plant is quite unpleasant to gophers, moles and other subterranean creatures. It ‘s not great for humans either. It’s loaded with latex that irritates the skin.
Euphorbia Lathyris aka Gopher Plant
Maybe your lawn looks like a racetrack? Then you have moles. Ugly things, they are!
Mole racetrack
The Caster Bean plant is also unpleasant to tunnelers but if you have children, rethink planting it. Here’s a great place for information on trapping and poisons:
Ground Moles in the Lawn [University of Michigan]
