Re: Garden pests and control

**l*@juno.com**

Yuck! We mostly catch field mice that get into the house, so we don't
have to take them very far away. Our other main problem is flying
squirrels that move into our outbuildings during winter. Since they're
very shy, they move out as soon as we get active again. I've used
peppermint oil on cotton balls as a deterrent, but of course you have to
renew it. Now I'm experimenting with mint leaves from my garden right
now. 

Regards,
Lois

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:40:41 -0700 "Tom" <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Just curious....I may well have already missed this part of the 
> conversation....but, what do people do with these wild critters they 
> catch 
> alive in these Havahart traps? I ask this because I've read of 
> people who 
> use those traps to catch House Sparrows (English sparrow)...who then 
> drown 
> all the sparrows they catch.
>   To me this is just wrong...and it is so opposite of the sort of 
> good 
> feeling I get from gardening. 
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