Re: help, voles!

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Rich:

First make sure you really have voles.  Most voles simply scurry in  leaf 
litter and on the surface though they may use mole and chipmunk  tunnels.  Best 
way to know what you've got is to trap one and get a  positive id.  Use an old 
fashioned mouse trap baited with small pieces of  apple.  As I recall voles 
are the most reproductive mammal in North America  so early control is really 
important.  I also agree, nothing like a good  mouser.  Critical to control them 
before winter as that's when they can be  extremely destructive to shrubs and 
trees at ground level and perennial crowns  and roots.

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a registered  trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press, The Press  and the Easthampton Press

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