Instructions

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     Use landscaping flags to mark the location of every gopher hole in your yard. If your yard is very close to your neighbor's you may need to coordinate efforts with them, so that the gophers don't run for cover temporarily in the neighbor's yard.

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     Put on a heavy insulated glove before you touch the dry ice. It's very dangerous to touch it with your bare skin, you can become injured. Also wear protective eye goggles whenever you have to break dry ice.

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     Use a chisel and a hammer to break the dry ice into 1-2 inch chunks. If you're lucky, your brick or cube will come pre-scored, but this isn't often the case. They don't need to be exact, but 1-2 inches is a guide.

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     Place a chunk of dry ice into each gopher hole as deeply as you can reach with your arm. Immediately cover the hole with dirt.

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     Repeat with the rest of the holes as quickly as you can. The dry ice will sublimate (not melt) and carbon dioxide will sink down into the holes, cutting off the oxygen supply for the gophers and gently sending them to sleep. Forever. Mwahahahahaha.

Has anyone considered why the mole is hated?

He does not eat roots!

He does eat a great amount of grubs that do considerable damage to roots.

He will not poop in the yard!

He will aerate compacted soils.

He is very territorial occupying about an acre which he will defend and allow no other moles until he dies or a lady mole comes by.

If you kill him his territory will be occupied with a new mole almost immediately.

He patrols his territory (your yard) almost non stop exterminating subterranean bugs and grubs and yes he'll eat an earthworm too.

His fur is softer than chinchilla and repels dirt.

He really isn't a bad guy but the grubs he eats are!

Do a little research and you might find out he is beneficial to you.

OK, good luck with the varmints.
I would hire some local help for the day,
get a couple of cases of spray foam
and let them fill as many holes as  possible before gassing them,
it will be much more effective that way.

Didn't know they grew grapes commercially that way,
or the name it was called, thanks.
I have two grape "trees" in containers that were given to me,
they look exactly like the ones in your photos,
not sure of the variety, one is red other is green, seeded.

I wanted to create some more of these,
but was unsure of what varieties to use.

Can you suggest some varieties for me to use
that have the proper growth habit.
Will grow some in containers and others in the ground.

My use is for consumption, not wine making,
high flavor, seed or seeded is fine.
Really want to grow for flavor.

What do you suggest.

That's a tough question! To me muscadines are almost a different fruit. There are similarities but muscadines are, how can I say this, not very dignified. Most people find the hull (skin) to tough to chew and will have to remove (spit) them from their mouth.

And then there are the seeds, sometimes fifty percent of the volume of the muscadine that you also probably will not eat and must be removed from your mouth. I've seen small children resemble a machine gun ejecting them in high velocity burst.

Now then there is the pulp a squishy viscous glob they may have what resembles and feels like a small worm but it's not so don't worry.

What's left is a very defined taste that southerners love. It's rich, full and musky.

Many of these traits are not a bother. It just depends on the individual. I even know people that eat everything seeds and all. There are ongoing programs to develop the perfect muscadine. They now have large (think golf ball), thin edible skins and nearly seedless ones. You can grow for fresh eating, juicing and even wine making just like there cousins the grape. They even come in whites, reds, purples and blacks. There is a good future in the muscadines for sure.

My best advice is to find a U-Pick muscadine vineyard and call them up explaining that you would like to wander around taking notes and sampling them. I've done this and I of course paid a fair price to them and even picked several containers to take home too. I labeled ziplock bags picked a good representation and then moved to the next variety.

My wife and I had a wonderfull afternoon and then enjoyed several nights evaluating them. The owners even walked around with us a gave us their opinions and advice on growing them. I now have three ninety foot rows with about twelve varietys. My vineyard is small and young. I'll get a few fruit this year and many more in the years to come.

Having said all that, you can grow grapes here with a lot of work. They'll require a lot of spraying and pest management. I do not think the results would be worth it. The muscadine is native and requires very little care once they are established.

Oh, they are definetly worth it.