Gopher Woes

As I was planting out some celery and parsley by the greenhouse, I happened to glance over by the tomato rows, a few hundred feet away. I saw something move…just like a gopher.  So I ran over, small boulder in hand, hoping to catch the little guy unaware.  As I drew nearer, I saw his cute little face.  I felt a little bit evil, admiring his cuteness, with the intent to smash his skull.  So, as a more humane approach, I ran to get a gopher trap, which I promptly placed into the hole.

Thirty minutes later, the little gopher (actually a huge gopher) had already moved from this world to the next.  I deposited his abandoned body into the large field across the way, hoping the vultures would feast on him before too long.

Not too long ago I was a vegan.  I am still a vegetarian.  The health and well being of the animals is foremost in my mind by choosing not to eat meat.

However, I prefer the CSA members to eat the veggies, not the gophers or the cutworms.