Gophers can cause a lot of damage in your yard and to lawns. Many people will turn to artificial grass as the answer believing it will stop gophers digging up into their backyard. But as with anything related to critters, and answer is never that simple, as artificial turf alone won’t stop them. Gophers and…
What Do Gophers Eat in Your Yard? (+ How to Stop Them)
Gophers are the scourge of backyards the length and breadth of North America. They cause a lot of damage and it’s not easy to get rid of them. However, what many homeowners fail to recognize is how a gopher’s diet could be the reason they are attracted to a yard in the first place. By…
Gopher Holes in Yard (How to Get Rid Easily)
Waking up one morning to see a mound of soil on your backyard lawn is enough to raise anxiety levels in any keen gardener. I wouldn’t blame you for being angry, because when you see one gopher hole in a yard, it’s usually the start of many more to come. Also known as pocket gophers,…
Can Rats Squeeze Under Doors? (By Flattening Their Bodies)
I recently started planning a new backyard project to build a summer house. Our yard backs onto a wood which is rife with rodents, so my fear was that rats will be squeezing under the door and getting in when we aren’t using it. Like many people, I’d heard that rats can flatten their bodies…
Vole Hole vs Rat Holes: What the Differences Are
When holes appear in your lawn or yard, it’s easy to blame rats. But it could be voles. Both creatures are quite similar, so will often get mistaken for each other, as do the holes that they leave. This short guide will try to settle the vole holes vs rat holes question for you, so…
How Small of a Hole Can a Rat Fit Through?
Over the last few years, we’ve had a persistent problem of rats digging under the fence at the rear of our backyard and coming onto the property. They then tend to dig rat tunnels along the fence line and then reach the decking attached to the back of our house. Once they got under the…
