Comments on: On greenhouse pests

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:02 +0000

Not yet, but we have 5 barn cats, and the garden’s really close to the barn. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. A friend of ours down the road has either voles or rats, so I’ve been keeping my eye open for possible solutions to send her way.

By: El

El — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:50:39 +0000

Hayden: Yep, I draw the line too. And so does my dog and my chickens, though they actually eat them (ick).

CC: Exactamundo!

Woody: Huh! Even I would go for a trap baited with that…

Danielle: Very interesting! Thanks! Of course, I would like to stop the voles at Vole #1 so no lessons CAN be learned. As it is, there are now so many darned traps in there that I trip them when I pull the Reemay off (it’s so sunny now that I actually need to remove it or the babies get a little too toasty) or just plain walk around in there. SNAP! So whether they’re attracted to the bait or are just in the wrong place, who knows! But I am curious: have you guys had any problems in your tunnel with voles?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:22:27 +0000

Interestingly enough, Eliot Coleman recommends no bait traps, as the critters eventually learn to associate bait with death. He designed box traps for voles that just offer an attractive, dark hole that smells like vole. Though I imagine reeses would be mighty attractive.

Here’s a link. Scroll down to get to the vole traps.

By: woody

woody — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:32:39 +0000

Can’t miss with reeses peanut butter cups for bait…

By: cookiecrumb

cookiecrumb — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:37:39 +0000

When the voles take over, they can set traps for us! (Fair’s fair.)

By: Hayden

Hayden — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:09:10 +0000

hurrah! I like most critters, but I draw the line at rodents.

they have a place in the universe, I’ll grant that. It’s just not anywhere near my place.