RE: Voles

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• Subject: RE: Voles
• From: "Donna" g*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:19:30 -0600

Must have been the year for voles. Last winter they obviously feasted here.
Last summer noticed an upswing in the amount of snakes living here, and this
fall noticed some hawks hanging out. Hoping nature and the food chain have
balanced things out here.

Donna

> George the terror cat keeps my population about balanced in the front
> yard,
> and the dogs take care of the ones in the back (of course, three dogs
> bring
> their own damage to the garden).
> 
> My neighbor grows his hostas in LARGE plastic pots--enough drainage for
> the
> plant but the holes in the pot are too small for the voles.  Clustered
> tightly together, the bed looks like a raised bed of hostas because the
> leaves hide the pots.

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