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National gophers

The terror that lurks below.

Many of the yuccas that naturally live in deserts where forage may be scarce are equipped with an efficient defense system. Each leaf terminates...
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Spring protection from garden critters

One of the less joyful parts of the warming spring gardening is the arrival of garden pests. They come in many forms from tiny aphid insects to...
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Gophers do not want this in the garden.

The common name may be derived from 'gopher spurge', since Euphorbia lathyris is within the family of plants known as 'spurge', and...
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