Possums are a good ally to have in your yard — they kill an estimated 5,000 ticks a season and catch and eat cockroaches, rats and mice. They are also resistant to snake venom, the National ...

But they also have a taste for open compost piles, trash bins, and the occasional garden plant, which may prompt you to want to know how to get rid of possums in your yard. This guide will help ...

Another way to be considerate to opossums who might appear in your yard in any season, according to Karvonen? “Be aware of what your pets are doing. Since they ‘play dead,’ opossums don’t ...

Crabapple trees don’t normally grow too big, so they’re good for small back yards ... there’s still wildlife activity in the yard at night. Several opossums continue to come onto the ...