Is there a way to forever get rid of voles from my flower bed?
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I made a windmill and it worked great! Now I hae 6 dogs running around, no underground pests for me! Purchase or make a windmill and / or borrow your friends dogs to come run, jump and play!
I buy the kids large windmills at the dollar store each spring to add to my collection in my veggie garden each year. It seems to help having them spin around in the breeze to ward off the critters in the garden from feasting on the young tender shoots coming up. I just move them as the plants get bigger so that they are near by to continue their spinning. So far I have close to two dozen. The windmills go fast in the spring, so you have to keep watching to make sure you can get some. I like the metallic ones, the sun shining on them seem to work even better.
Put down grub killer since that is what they eat. Also place human hair in mulch or when planting bulbs. Keeps squirrels and moles away.
can use mouse traps baited with peanut butter.
I've used "d-CON Rat Bait" with good results.....see this website:
www.asktheexterminator.com/moles/Vole.shtml
Wal-Mart carries a product for around $17, they are poison worms which voles love. Voles dug tunnels everywhere in my lawn, this was the only product that worked.
Shrl
Try putting crushed oyster shells in the hole before you put your flowers in. You can also plant your flowers in a large pot, doesn't have to be fancy and cut the bottom of the pot out so the roots can grow. Voles do not dig that far in the ground. I have some of both in my yard and no more disappearing flowers.
I haven't tried oyster shells yet, thank you. I did try planting the lovely calla lilies my daughter gave me last Mothers' Day in the pot, however. They didn't survive. I thought it was because i'd enlarged the drainage hole and gave the voles room to get at the flower roots.
TomCat Mole Killer Worm Formula 10 pk, Wal-Mart or Amazon. Good Luck!
Shrl
TomCat Mole Killer Worm Formula 10pk. Available at Wal-Mart and Amazon. Good Luck! Shrl