Gassed Gophers and Great Tutorial

Hello Everyone!

It really is TRUE, my friends.  At this very moment, my husband is GASSING THE GOPHERS, or they could be moles.  Since we have never been face-to-face with one of the little diggers, we do not really know.

I thought my husband was KIDDING when he said he was going to gas them with carbon monoxide, but he wasn't.  I took pictures.

That is the back of our company van.  Jerry wasn't able to connect to my car.  (Thank you to the nice reader who suggested blurring number and tag.)

Below you can see the hose going down into one of the gopher's holes.

I told Jerry that Mr. Gopher probably grabbed Mrs. Gopher and the kids and ran over to the neighbor's yard which is where they actually live.  We have paid $900 two summers in a row to get rid of these varmints, but the neighbors don't get rid of theirs.  Hence, they keep coming back over here.   

Please note that our yard was just SCALPED to get all the dead winter grass off of it.  I PROMISE, it will look a whole lot better real soon, ESPECIALLY if the pesky gophers quit digging holes and building hills in it.

I made a video today.  Here it is if you care to watch me wave a spoon around and drool over ice cream.

At the end I refer to a really great set of tutorials by Louise Cutting.

Here is a picture of the web page showing the class.  It is over two hours long.  I haven't finished watching all the tips yet, but I have already learned several I never saw before.  AWESOME!

Going back to our other home tomorrow.  The one with the snail's pace internet speed.  I could make three videos a day here and easily get them uploaded in just minutes.  Probably a good thing the internet is slow at my other house.  I'd never get any work done because I would just sit and talk to my internet friends all day long.

Be back soon.

Hugs, Joy