Square Foot Gardening Forum
[table bgcolor=#000000 height=275][tr][td]
Mole or vole inside my critter cage! Toplef10Mole or vole inside my critter cage! 1zd3ho10

Hello Guest!
Welcome to the official Square Foot Gardening Forum.
There's lots to learn here by reading as a guest. However, if you become a member (it's free, ad free and spam-free) you'll have access to our large vermiculite databases, our seed exchange spreadsheets, Mel's Mix calculator, and many more members' pictures in the Gallery. Enjoy.

Mole or vole inside my critter cage! I22gcj10Mole or vole inside my critter cage! 14dhcg10

[/td][/tr][/table]

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

Square Foot Gardening Forum
[table bgcolor=#000000 height=275][tr][td]
Mole or vole inside my critter cage! Toplef10Mole or vole inside my critter cage! 1zd3ho10

Hello Guest!
Welcome to the official Square Foot Gardening Forum.
There's lots to learn here by reading as a guest. However, if you become a member (it's free, ad free and spam-free) you'll have access to our large vermiculite databases, our seed exchange spreadsheets, Mel's Mix calculator, and many more members' pictures in the Gallery. Enjoy.

Mole or vole inside my critter cage! I22gcj10Mole or vole inside my critter cage! 14dhcg10

[/td][/tr][/table]
Square Foot Gardening Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Search
 
 

Display results as :
 

 


Rechercher Advanced Search

Latest topics
» What Have You Picked From Your Garden Today
by OhioGardener Today at 5:36 am

» Senseless Banter...
by sanderson Yesterday at 10:31 pm

» N & C Midwest: November/December 2023
by sanderson 11/27/2023, 9:23 pm

» FREE Online SFG Class - November 28, 2023
by sanderson 11/27/2023, 9:21 pm

» Strawberry Varieties?
by Chuck d'Argy 11/27/2023, 2:23 pm

» Mini-Raised Beds?
by Chuck d'Argy 11/27/2023, 2:14 pm

» Happy Birthday!!
by sanderson 11/26/2023, 10:58 pm

» Mark's first SFG
by sanderson 11/26/2023, 10:56 pm

» Name the mystery (to me) seedlings! :-)
by Psdumas 11/25/2023, 12:04 am

» Happy Thanksgiving from the USA
by sanderson 11/23/2023, 1:47 pm

» Strawberries in MM: to feed or not to feed?
by Scorpio Rising 11/22/2023, 10:42 pm

» Guatemalan Green Ayote Squash
by OhioGardener 11/21/2023, 8:27 am

» Kiwi's SFG Adventure
by sanderson 11/20/2023, 2:06 pm

» Seeds 'n Such Early Order Seeds
by sanderson 11/20/2023, 1:13 pm

» USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
by OhioGardener 11/19/2023, 7:12 am

» AeroGarden for starting seeds?
by OhioGardener 11/16/2023, 12:40 pm

» Biochar?
by OhioGardener 11/16/2023, 10:31 am

» 2023 - Updated U.S. Interactive Plant Hardiness Map
by sanderson 11/15/2023, 6:18 pm

» SFG Is Intensive Gardening
by sanderson 11/14/2023, 3:26 pm

» Teaming with Microbes Kindle Sale (Mem. Day weekend 2023)
by markqz 11/10/2023, 12:42 am

» Bok Choy Hors d'oeuvres
by donnainzone5 11/9/2023, 5:58 pm

» Now is the Time to Start Preparing Next Year's Spring Garden
by OhioGardener 11/9/2023, 7:13 am

» Shocking Reality: Is Urine the Ultimate Gardening Hack or Disaster?
by dstack 11/6/2023, 5:29 pm

» Nightmare on Mel Street.
by Scorpio Rising 11/4/2023, 6:37 pm

» Aerogardening
by Scorpio Rising 11/3/2023, 10:02 am

» Sunday All Purpose Organic Garden Nutrients
by lisawallace88 11/3/2023, 9:13 am

» Mid-summer seed sowing, how do you do it?
by KiwiSFGnewbie 11/2/2023, 8:04 pm

» N&C Midwest October 2023
by OhioGardener 11/1/2023, 8:49 am

» Fall Tree Colors
by Scorpio Rising 10/31/2023, 1:48 pm

» Freeze Dried Food
by lisawallace88 10/30/2023, 11:28 am

Google

Search SFG Forum

Mole or vole inside my critter cage!

2 posters

Go down

Mole or vole inside my critter cage! Empty Mole or vole inside my critter cage!

Post  kgooding 4/22/2012, 7:32 pm

Okay, so this is my first year doing a square foot garden. Now, my garden is trex made out of 8 inch sides, so there is a lip around it. I've had voles in my lawn in the past so under my boxes I put a layer of landscape fabric and a layer of metal hardwire cloth, I think it's got about a 1/2 inch mesh. Earlier this week I planted a couple squares of bush beans and covered them with a critter cage that I made with a 2x2 wooden base and 1" chicken wire that was also covered with clear plastic for starting the seeds. Really, the whole thing is text book. Anyway, I didn't really check on things until this evening and when I lifted the cage to water I found something furry. At first I thought it was mold somehow, but upon closer inspection it was definitely a critter of some sort. I looked at the square and I really don't think it came up from underneath, there were no holes, but based on the size of this thing it could have easily scooted under the edge of the critter cage. Now, I'm not a critter expert, I may have taken some microbiology courses in college, but this was a bit too big to look at under the microscope and I didn't exactly measure it's tail to identify if it was a mouse or a vole (actually, I screamed like a little girl and made my husband dispose of it, lol). Anyway, I have some concerns. First off, do we think this think ate my seeds? It's too early to see sprouts but I'm wondering if I should just go ahead and replant the squares. I'm thinking it might have been willing to eat about anything in it's last hours. Second, based on the size there is no way that my chicken wire is keeping these things out of my beans, lettuce, or really anything. Are there any crops that I need to worry about these things destroying? Third, this seams like a freaky thing to find a dead critter in the garden, anyone else ever experience this?

Any ideas on improving my cages or if I even need to?

Thanks!
kgooding
kgooding

Female Posts : 51
Join date : 2012-01-21
Age : 44
Location : Roswell, GA

Back to top Go down

Mole or vole inside my critter cage! Empty Re: Mole or vole inside my critter cage!

Post  Lindacol 4/22/2012, 8:19 pm

Use the search button in the upper left corner. There have been several threads about voles. Here are 2:

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t5998-vole-warning-tomato-destruction-overnight

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t6089p15-moles-voles-and-holes

When I thought I had a vole or mouse problem(holes being dug & some plants eaten & I have wire bottoms on all my beds because of gophers) in my garden last year I set out traps and never caught anything. I finally bought a little bait staion that is supposed to be dog & kid resistant (I wouldn't trust it). My garden is fenced away from my dogs and we have no children or cats so I gave it a try. It is a Tomcat refillable bait station for mice. It holds one little bait block. The 1st time I filled it the bait was gone in a few days. I don't remember exactly but I am on only the 2nd or 3rd block and it has been out there nearly a year. No more holes. I do have an occassional rabbit or squirell that go thru the chain link fence (I have seen them) but mostly the dogs keep varmits away.
Lindacol
Lindacol

Posts : 777
Join date : 2011-01-23
Location : Bloomington, CA

Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum