Saturday, November 8, 2008

an anti-gopher machine

battle scarred
"the wall"
Long time readers will know of my war with the gophers. The axis of evil of living next to a green space, no predators and having an evidently delicious front yard made it a no win battle. The allies, my gardener S. and myself, never had a chance and had lost all the battles.

Till now. We decided to go nuclear.....

We dug a 2' deep trench, 10" wide from the curb to the corner of my house. Then I filled it completely with rock and a thin layer of dirt on the very top. This effectively created a subterranean Great Wall of Rowdy.

Ok, Captain Obvious I know what your asking, "What's to stop the gophers from just walking into your yard?" Well, when I consulted two different pest control they said their fear of getting eaten keeps them underground.

What's one of my favorite novels by Joseph Conrad? Victory. Yeah, that's right, victory.

1 comment:

  1. Actually, the thought never even occured to me that they might just walk into your yard. Not sure what that means?

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