It's almost comical. I used to really be upset with gophers. Now, I just sort of expect it. I lose two or three plants a year. That's not much.
Gophers actually have some beneficial qualities.
She uses the fine powdered soil from gopher mounds to mix with potting soil. Piercy's garden is alive with southern alligator lizards, some more than a foot long. Coast horned toads, western fence lizards, gopher and king snakes and birds find sanctuary in there, too. Tree frogs like to gather in my planter boxes in the evening. They sort of line up under the low-voltage lighting and wait for their nightly dinner of bugs.