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On Dec 10, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Charles Rhora wrote:

>   Moth balls will keep voles away from trees.
> 
> 

Mothballs are actually pretty toxic stuff. 

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/mothballs/

http://blogs.webmd.com/health-ehome/2011/02/are-mothballs-safe.html

http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/health.html

If you've got to use them, at least please make sure that nothing (wild, 
domestic, or human) can get at them.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale