Re: Re: gophers & pine trees

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

gophers eat the roots of the grass when they are underground...which kills
the grass...which is another reason why ranchers try to keep them under
control...lots of gophers=no grass for the livestock.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill and Jan Stevens <circlebarranch@mcn.net>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>; Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 8:36 PM
Subject: RC: Re: gophers & pine trees


> >If I could feed spearmint
> >gum to pine trees and have nothing but hardwoods it would sure cut down
> >on the trail work after ice storms.
>
>
> Oh-I do like this one....please when you get it figured out that gum will
> kill pine trees please let me know....  The largest weed on the Custer
> National Forest...have several photos of the area from over 100 years ago
> when the place was homesteaded and there weren't hardly any trees around.
>
> Another "bombing idea" involves covering the holes, using propane, and
> lighting it....really works well, but then again, one wants to keep this
> away from homes etc.
>
> Agreed that we haven't had a horse get hurt going through the hayfields
> where the gophers are, but we don't go too fast through that either....The
> main problem we have is that they really like alfalfa, hence they are
> cutting into our hay crop year after year.  Our oldest daughter worked
hard
> last summer trapping gophers for us...made a good sum of money too, paid
her
> $2.00 a head....Certainly worth it when one thinks of the cost of hay and
> the lack of hay this past summer.
>
> Bill and Jan Stevens
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>