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  • From: "stonecirclefarm tds.net" <stonecirclefarm AT tds.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vole Salad Bar
  • Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:54:10 -0600

Do woodchucks eat Quintox?

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Weston Lant
<weston AT luckyfieldorganics.com> wrote:
> Quintox  is a good solution, OMRI approved, and it is not a poison, rather
> it is a form of vitamin D I believe.  Rodents can't process excessive
> amounts of it and it is safer that high or low explosives.  There is no
> danger of secondary kill (unless another vole goes onto a protein diet).
> Best presented before the introduction of a salad bar, as given a choice....
>
> Voles 2 wstn 3
>
> wstn
> Lucky Field Organics.
>
> On 2/28/2010 2:15 PM, BarbaraJ wrote:
>
> Maggie,
>   My only moderately successful plan of attack has been cats.  I have six,
> they live outside, I replace them if necessary (i.e. they are lost to
> another predator).  I do believe there are nasty chemical controls, but I
> can't use them.  Cats, gotta love them when they do the job they are
> designed to do.  :)  All the best of luck to you in your war.  And honestly,
> Caddyshack takes on a whole new meaning when battling the varmints.
>
> Barb
> Front Range, Colorado
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Maggie Palmer
> To: 'Market Farming'
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vole Salad Bar
> They chowed down on the Pac Choi and the Te You (Chinese Broccoli) and the
> Hon Tsai Tai (Broccoli Raab), were only half interested in the onions.
>
> We are moving the cat to the greenhouse, getting another cat, adding one of
> those sound devices and building Coleman style vole traps. If I put more
> seedlings in, I'll definately put them up on a vole-proof bench--Thanks
> Steve.
>
> It kind of puts you at a standstill when the greenhouse is ready for
> planting and the voles will decimate them if you do.  Voles 1 Maggie 0
>
> Maggie Palmer
> Painted Sage Farm
> Quanah Parker Place
> Daniel, Wyo
> 307-859-8349
>
> www.paintedsagefarm.wordpress.com
>
> Facebook: http://tiny.cc/QZG7n
>
> "The purpose of agriculture is not the production of food, but the
> perfection of human beings."
>                                      ~ Masanobu Fukuoka
>
> ________________________________
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
> clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:32 PM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vole Salad Bar
>
> Thanx for the vole proof bench details.
>
> My ? about types of things that voles like, wasn't necessarily directed at
> you, Steve, but anyone who can or cares to comment.
>
> I wondered what kinds of seedlings voles like, whether green or brown or
> white or...
>
> Kurt Forman
> Clearview Farm
> Palmyra, NY 14522
>
> --- MAsteveINE AT 207me.com wrote:
>
> From: "MAsteveINE" <MAsteveINE AT 207me.com>
> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vole Salad Bar
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:53:56 -0500
>
> ?
>
>
>
>>Pardon my ignorance, but, what are green things that voles would eat?  For
>> that matter, what are non-green things that voles would eat?
>
> Kurt Forman
> Clearview Farm
> =========================================================================
> Pardon me, I do not find "green" in my post!
>
> check for yourself:
>
> ""Things that voles would eat, placed on benches that voles cannot climb
> onto are not eaten by voles.
>
> MAsteveINE""
>
> ====================================================
>
>>Are benches that voles would not climb on to, special kinds of benches or
>> just any old bench?
>
> Kurt Forman
> ======================================================
> At this place 4' x 8' bench sections are placed on inverted 5 gallon plastic
> buckets, or
> 8" x 8" x 16" concrete blocks placed on end; and to date, voles have not
> attacked the contents.
>
>
>
> OMMV
>
> MAsteveINE
>
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