Comments on: Uh-oh. Look who’s coming to dinner!

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:44:12 +0000

Moles, Voles, and Deer and be expensive problems indeed! I hope you got your wish and an owl saved the day. If you are still having problems, I've had good luck with Repellex Root Saver.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:41:12 +0000

Hi, Ki, good to hear from you. Checks and balances, that’s what it’s all about. If we could only train those voles to limit their diet to weed seeds and roots, we’d be all set.

By: Ki

Ki — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:50:51 +0000

We unfortunately went wild at the local composting center and put down a 3-4″ layer of wood chips in the planting berms. The rodents just love it with many tunnels bored through the chips. We’ve unknowingly built them a nice warm, dry home for them. Luckily we have a resident bad boy cat and a feral cat that we feed to somewhat keep the rodent population in check.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:30:53 +0000

With all the fields around here there’s no chance of eliminating them for good. I’ve set out traps before, but that’s like emptying the ocean with a soup ladle. Basically like a lot of other natural cycles, they have good years and bad years, and this looks like one of the good years–for them. I’ll let you know in the spring what survived.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:35:58 +0000

Aack! I had problems with voles a few years back. It was awful. They even got into my garage! Yuck. I finally got rid of them or at least I’ve not seen any for awhile.