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["Nancy Bracewell" <Cather39@bham.rr.com>]

Please, no poison! 
All I know is urine works till it rains . . . sometimes. For deer, they say
old shoes in the garden -- or is that for rabbits? Maybe both. And I've
heard it has to be somebody else's old shoes because they're used to the
smell of the family. It's always something.
Some animals don't like soap. Maybe you could grow mint among your veggies?

Nancy
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[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 4:50 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Urine against voles?

Hello:
  I have not had any good  results versus voles with urine.  However, I have
discovered that peppermint essential oil works very well.  I put a few drops
(its very potent stuff) on cotton balls and scatter them where the voles are
eating and they quit.  Also repels mice in buildings. 
   
  Best regards,
   
  Sarah 

Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:
  Hi,

Does anybody know whether urine is effective for
repelling voles? Voles are supposed to have a very
sensitive sense of smell and seem to avoid anything
with a human odour on it.

At what ratio is urine diluted when used in the garden?
Is it used immediately or do I a let it sit for a while?
For how long is the repellent effect likely to last, if 
there is one?

This is rather urgent, the buggers finish off one 
salad after the other before I get a chance to harvest
any. In the summer they destroyed almost all of my
sweet potatoes. I bought 10 sweet potatoes to grow 
more than 100 seedlings. When I harvested last week, 
all I got was 5 sweet potatoes. At this rate I might 
as well give up or use poison.

Dieter Brand
Portugal

PS: I use no-till with mulch, which doesn't help in
detecting the voles.


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