Gophers, also known as rodents, are easy to spot in your garden. You are most likely to know that this pesky creatures are in your lawn if you see mounds of loose dirt that have been pushed to the surface.

Apart from damaging your lawn, these gophers can wreak havoc on your flowers, shrubs and vegetables. Below are some tips on how to get rid of these elusive foes in your own property.

• Set a trap.
• Apply a poison through the hole into the tunnel made by a probe.
• Put down a layer of cloth under a raised bed to keep these rodents from tunneling up into your garden.

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