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
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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
"The
purpose of agriculture is not the production of food, but the
perfection of human beings."
~ Masanobu Fukuoka
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
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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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