My Oregon brother calls traveling in Canada foreign travel for the timid. And he's even done the Al-Can several times.

Stargeezer.........same problem with pocket gophers here in New Mexico. When I'm on my game and paying attention I get some stucco net wire and line my planting hole with that, then some compost, the tree, water, fill in some more and wrap the wire up to the trunk. Sometimes also up the trunk when t...