David Raleigh Arnold
10-01-2006, 05:14 PM
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:02:33 -0500, Carl W wrote:
> I had just renovated the lawn last fall and now that the winter snow has
> melted, I see a ton of vole trails that have ravaged the turf in certain
> areas. For whatever reason, they seem to like my lawn over that of my
> two neighbors. My flower beds seem to have the surface tunnels too and I
> have managed to catch a few with peanut-butter and Victor mouse traps. Is
> there anything more that can be done to prevent further vole activity?
> Hopefully what is left of the lawn will be just fine after spring growth.
The best solution is unfortunately probably not very practical. Snakes.
daveA
> I had just renovated the lawn last fall and now that the winter snow has
> melted, I see a ton of vole trails that have ravaged the turf in certain
> areas. For whatever reason, they seem to like my lawn over that of my
> two neighbors. My flower beds seem to have the surface tunnels too and I
> have managed to catch a few with peanut-butter and Victor mouse traps. Is
> there anything more that can be done to prevent further vole activity?
> Hopefully what is left of the lawn will be just fine after spring growth.
The best solution is unfortunately probably not very practical. Snakes.
daveA