Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:29:21 -0500
From: Sue Merris
Subject: voles and moles
I am having a BIG problem with these little critters. Went out this week to pluck some carrots out of the ground and found that they had burrowed down and made a tunnel the entire length of the row and ate every last one of them. Ooh I was MAD. Last year I tried lining the rows with some small gravel before planting and that didn’t seem to work. I bought a product at SS in Carrboro that is supposed to run them off by the smell. And is guaranteed non toxic and organic. Any more suggestions.
I am considering building new beds and lining them with wire. How’s that sound? But they seem to come in from the top as I see the holes so am not sure that would work. I am stumped. Maybe a good outside cat that’s a mouser? Where can I find one?
Help! and Thanks,
Sue Merris
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