Okay, I lied when I said our backyard was nothing but weeds... :rolleyes: It's also full of big red ants, and gopher holes. I'd like to plant some veggies back there, but if the gophers are going to take everything, what's the point?

And I don't want to trap or poison them, any natural suggestions? Anything tried & true???

And how do I tell if we have fire ants? I'm going to try putting out a Borax/sugar mix for them, will it work? They have holes all over our yard...

I have no answers for you but am searching about gophers as well. We've already lost 1 head of lettuce and i had to go ahead and pick the other 2 before they were taken. Yesterday, the last little bit that i left was gone. I got so mad that i stuck the water hose into the hole and let it run for about 2 hours (LOL) I know that it didn't do any damage b/c it never backed up so that shows me how long/deep the tunnels are :-( Ugh

I stuck broken open (I smashed them with the side of a knife) garlic cloves in the holes... I heard strong odors would keep them away and I put some in the mole hole and it work... at least for the last 4 days. ;)

Love Val