Re: Re: voles

Hi Laetitia,

My cat Tubby, a Himalayan, thinks moles are toys.  Plays with them and lets them go.  Gee you would think he might think there a mouse.  I saw him get a squirrel once.  Tried to catch him but that cat is quick as a wink.  Hes older now thank goodness his hunting days are nearly over.  At least he leaves the squirrels alone.  Sure are cute.

                    Rob  zone 7
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lmmunro@hotmail.com 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:01 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] Re: voles


  Now if only I could teach the cat how to hunt an iris borer...

  Laetitia

  --- In iris-talk@y..., THEO1415@a... wrote:
  > Voles also eat roots of roses, fruit trees, azaleas, and bulbs 
  galore  tulip, 
  > most minor bulbs ... daffodils are safe, as are scilla and 
  hyacinths, but all 
  > the rest alas succumb.  As I say, the moles make the holes and the 
  voles go 
  > in the holes that the moles make ..  and if Peter Piper can do it 
  why can't 
  > I?  I did come up with a way to deal with bulbs and voles.  I sink 
  black 
  > plastic nursery pots into the soil, put stones in the bottom for 
  drainage, 
  > then plant the bulbs as I would in a regular bed, at whatever depth 
  is 
  > specified. I tried gutter wire cages, but ithey were  not very 
  permanent.  I 
  > have some species tulips in the rock garden that are now in their 
  6th year, 
  > because of this system.  I have not tried it with iris, because of 
  late, we 
  > have not had a problem here with voles.  They come and go 
  apparantly. 
  > 
  > 
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