California Gardening: Any gopher solutions?, 1 by KaperC

KaperC wrote:
Here you go, Sherry. Can you see the lump? It's probably a gopher!

My DH left the garage door open one day and this guy came to sun himself. My brothers had snakes I used to handle when I was little, but not this big. I understand they can bite if cornered, so I patiently shooed him off so I could close the door, then he went to the front steps! A little sweeping motion with the broom did the trick, though. Haven't seen one since.

Our up-the-hill neighbor, who has a wild life rescue, discovered one of her neighbors had gardeners who were killing snakes they found. :-(

We really are considering an owl box in our pine trees.

Kathleen