Holes in the yard - gophers, moles, voles, skunks, squirrels, birds, grubs,worms and other creatures
Holes in garden, lawn, and landscape can cause curiosity or frustration, depending on the gardener’s level of concern, the damage that appears to have been done, and where the holes appear. Diagnosis should always come before buying an arsenal of poisons and traps, putting screening under all your bulbs, or trying to run the car exhaust into tunnels in your lawn. Observe the size of the hole, whether there is just a tunnel or a mound of soil on top of the surface, with or without a volcano at one side. pocket gopher The lack of soil or castings around the hole could indicate a worm-seeking bird or an acorn-seeking squirrel. Insects will work on decomposing roots for years and when they complete their work, the surface soil collapses into the space created in sort of an oblong tree root-shaped hole. Squirrels live in trees or burrows and can damage crops, sprinkler heads, tree bark and roots. Use small traps to capture them. Skunks live in other animals’...