Yep, those buggers have been driving my husband nuts for the past few years. Finally broke down and bought 3 harpoon traps. I guess that's the only way to get 'em but we've had no luck this week. Ours seem to have no rhyme or reason to their burrowing but we've had a few traps triggered. No kills yet..........maybe we'll have to try a moleliminator trap. How's it work in firm soil? Looks like the soil may have to be soft in order to set it?? thanks, Becky

I had a friend who got rid of her moles/voles by pouring ammonia down their hole. Another friend, don't laugh, put sticks of Juicy Fruit Gum down mole/vole holes and this worked well. Supposedly it "gums" up their interiors and they end up being compost. At least the Juicy Fruit is not harmful to pets or children.

Alan, I can't tell if you have been satisfied with the answer you got, but in case you haven't, here is a little more information. In a solution, percent could mean either mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass (or even volume per unit volume in the case of two liquids). Often, there is no indication as to which one is meant. If you assume the percentage was calculated on a mass/volume basis, you don't have to worry about the density of the solution. As George said, it should contain 7 g N / 100 mL. So your 1.25 mL will contain 0.0875 g N, which translates to 6.25 mmol of N per liter of final solution. If the percentage was calculated on a mass/mass basis, you will need to know the density of the solution so you can get the mass of your 1.25 mL - at least to be accurate. You could always measure the Dyna Gro with a hydrometer if you really needed its density. If it was me, I wouldn't worry about the second possibility, because they probably did use the first method, and you wouldn't be off by a whole lot even if they didn't. ThinMan

Mike, pocket gophers are common in most of western Washington. I never knew about these critters until I moved from the city to the Kitsap area and my cat figured out he was a hunter :-) And boy, is he good at it!! Just wish he wouldn't bring the bodies indoors for me to admire (we won't even discuss the ones still alive that I have to chase down!). Identification of the remains determined that his catch is pretty equally divided between shrews and pocket gophers. In summer, he sometimes get several a day. Pocket gophers are not all that big - about 6-8' long - and with a short, almost stubby tail. And impressive front teeth. As many as he catches, you would think I wouldn't have any plants left in my garden but I have yet to see any damage. Gopher tunnels are completely underground and not visible on the surface. They do make mounds, but they are more like a half circle or cresent than the volcano-shaped mounds moles produce. pocket gophers