‘I am getting these mounds of dirt in my yard. Something must be digging. Do I have moles, and if so, how do I get rid of them?” — L.S. Pocket gophers leave mounds of dirt, and moles leave raised dirt ...

ZUMBRO FALLS — Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with saying, "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door." If that is the case, then Ken Sprick, 79, of Zumbro Falls might ...

The uneasy truce between myself and the pocket gopher population has been broken. They crossed the line the other day when they entered my potato patch from the pasture. Before the invasion the ...

For the last couple of summers, my neighbor and I have been dealing with a pocket gopher invasion that is getting closer to our joint fruit orchard. Their familiar mounds kept appearing around the ...

Oftentimes when I have a conversation with someone about a critter that is tearing up their lawns, they will blame either a mole or a gopher. And more often than not, the damage is attributed to the ...

The extension office often receives inquiries from homeowners about little crit ters that dig holes in their yard. They are usually rodents — some excavate mounds of soil, others just create holes in ...