Idle dreamer
Spero Meliora
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
John Daley Bendigo, Australia The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection
GOOD DEBT/ BAD DEBT https://permies.com/t/179218/mortgages-good-debt-bad-debt
John C Daley wrote:Can bone sauce be purchased?
Spero Meliora
Cargo bikes are cool
Alex Moffitt wrote:Hey Shirley,
My grandfather had 25 acres of sandy loam on the hunter river,
He used owls, foxes, Bone sauce, smelling flowers and herbs tree guards, His rifles, nets traps, to eliminate the rabbits,
Cargo bikes are cool
Some places need to be wild
John Daley Bendigo, Australia The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection
GOOD DEBT/ BAD DEBT https://permies.com/t/179218/mortgages-good-debt-bad-debt
Eric Hanson wrote:I don’t know where this solution lands at on the Permie scale, but one option I have used is ground up castor beans."
I don't know of any toxicity to other plants, but all parts of the castor plant and especially the beans contain ricin, a deadly poison. So pets, other wildlife, chickens/other livestock, perhaps even beneficial soil organisms, all will be at risk.
What's worked pretty well for me is periodic flooding and Yolanda, a chihuahua terrier mix that is a holy terror on vermin. Still have some burrows along the road frontage where there is a mounded up area of drier, sandy soil that needs some kind of earthwork and plantings that 1) won't immediately be devoured by gophers, lol, and 2) won't interfere with overhead and underground utility lines.
Alex said, "My grandfather had 25 acres of sandy loam on the hunter river,
He used owls, foxes, Bone sauce, smelling flowers and herbs tree guards, His rifles, nets traps, to eliminate the rabbits,
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Anne Miller wrote:Daian, welcome to the forums!
This sounds like a very good suggestion to me:
Alex said, "My grandfather had 25 acres of sandy loam on the hunter river,
He used owls, foxes, Bone sauce, smelling flowers and herbs tree guards, His rifles, nets traps, to eliminate the rabbits,
I know his suggestion states rabbits though I bet it would work for gophers, too.
In case you never heard of "bone sauce" his post contains the recipe.
Lisa Colorado wrote:I'm in Sonoma County CA too. With drought conditions the gophers, that usually stay out in the field, did a number on my sheet mulched backyard growing area ( Toby Hemingway inspired). In a last ditch effort (before making formal wood and hardware clothl raised beds) I made 2 ft high and wide dirt beds and dug down a foot in the trough area and layed down flakes of rice straw in the trough area to see if it would stop the gophers. Two weeks into it and seems to be working. Has anyone else tried this?
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
My tree nursery: https://mountaintimefarm.com/
My, my, aren't you a big fella. Here, have a tiny ad:
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
|