One of my first lessons in home gardening was learning how evil pocket gophers are. I vividly remember sitting at my kitchen table, seven months pregnant, looking at all our baby plants in our new ...

Punxsutawney Phil’s verdict from this Groundhog Day was six more weeks of winter, but that doesn’t mean you have to give his cousin, the gopher, six more weeks in your yard. Though gophers may look ...