You can also catch the mole building a trap from materials lying around, that black irrigation pipes cut 25cm, cut a wheel from a lying around pine tree, put the wheel in one side of the pipe and open that centre hole of pine tree wheel, cut a bit of metal from a sardines tim and build a litle door in the other side of the pipe that opens towards in, soon the mole travels in it closes behind( this internal little door , build it from sardines tin and use metal wire to work as hinges) More easy to make that explaining 😅😅😅. Put the trap in the tunnel of mole in the direction that they traveled before or maybe two traps facing different ways.
Nice problem solving with the voles! I suffer with a massive slug and snail population here in Dorset (UK). I wouldnt mind so much if they shared - but they eat through the stems of my young plants which kills them. So, I gather the culprits up at dusk and take them in a bucket to a field half a mile away, sing 'Born Free' and empty them out of the bucket! Not a perfect solution, but it keeps their numbers in check.
Thanks, it's a challenge but part of the game I guess! I sympathise on the slugs and snails often a massive uk problem, we had them everywhere on our uk allotment. I think they're worse in the uk as the eco system is shot so not enough snail predators left 😒 Thst aside hows the garden going?
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid My little garden is being very productive. We've had a really warm and dry June here in Dorset so I'm already picking little cucumbers and courgettes. My raspberries did pretty well, but are more or less over now. The slugs ate my original runner ben plants, so my #2 versions are a little behind! PS: I bloody love that you asked!
@@sueoldbirdstone9024 very similar here we've had quite a few raspberries courgettes and the tons are just starting, I think we'll have some gluts of those! 🍅
I had planted alpine strawberry a couple of years ago now, they are in a tub & I've also got another plant growing in another tub, it must have got there from the birds lol 😂 they are absolutely sweet, we love them ❤️🍓❤️🍓❤️🍓
The mesh bags and strong granules are a marvellous solution to plant preservation. Hopefully with the irrigation sorted and the vole deterrent in place, you can finally look forward to enjoying the fruits of your labour.
Thanks and they are super effective no damage or losses to anything in the bags. Next year were going to also make some raised beds and mesh them all out so the lil bugger cant get to crops like the carrots!!! Hows your garden looking??
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid Allotment not too bad this year thanks. Loads of beans! I have had issues with various furry tyrants, but most things OK so far!
I think you can us, ultra, sonics on squirrels but don't think the granules, would work on squirrels as, the granules, stink out the voles, tunnels. Good luck solving your rodent issue what a pita!
Take original juicy fruit gum. Go to their hole tear off half the wrapping showing the gum and not touching the gum. Stick into the hole with a rock . I use it for gophers and moles. Should work for voles. Gophers love the taste and smell of this gum and eat it but can't digest it. After they die the other rodents won't go there
place iron bars 50cm in the ground, above you place a large plastic bottle, through the wind vibrations that go into the ground and chase away the moles
That's, so frustrating for you, hope they didn't destroy it too much? We have a, fence down the side of ours. Try marking all your boundaries with your pee or if you have dogs let them also pee on your boundaries
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid just let your cat's out they're working with instinct and they like to play and hang around, my cat's also hunt for Vols \mols mouses bird's.
Hello Missy and Dom. I was going to ask if you had slugs and snails there but you already answered. Here they have ate my lettuce, peas and beans, rocket l, spinach and several orher young freshly sprouted veggies inc watercress. At this rate, it will just be dandelions left for me to eat. Hmm odd they leave those alone 🤔. I have that many now that i am having to dispatch them. I am using beer traps, so at least the little sods go off happy anyway. Sorry to hear about your vole issue. It's so devastating when you loose crops and plants you have cher8s3d and cared for. I have a fair few bottles to use (mainly collected from neighbours and friends) for me to convert into drip irrigation things while i recover from my replacemt knee op, which is on Thur coming (13th). Dont suppose you have any tips to cut plastic bottles using hand tools, as i don't want them all to crack or splinter. See you soon x ps your gardens are still so stunning. X
Good luck with your op in a few days, hope you make a, speedy recovery. When ivecut plastic bottles I've tended to use old secateurs but it's not a very neat cut, and use a hot piece of wire and or drill the caps, for a neater longer last dripper attachment place. Or just sink bottles in the ground
Love the attitude. Problems guide you to answers. That's the joy of gardening. Would it help burying the mesh deeper so none are above ground ?. I have experimented with Electroculture this year and it has worked wonders with the bugs and plants
Thanks ❤️ We left some of the mesh above ground so it's, easier to remove end of the season, for perennials we are burying it. Were really interested in electroculture what are you doing? A friend of ours, is, wrapping copper wire around bamboo canes he swears by it! How, are your results?
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid started with thin copper wrapping around small sticks for seedlings and when planted in garden put the sticks with the plant and with all boarders put big sticks in not sure on distances yet but put a couple in every 10 feet..Havnt had the pest problems I have always had. Still unsure to underground process ,will try next year. I was wondering if it would work with the voals.The metal bars with plastic bottle made sense to me. Makes sense with the mesh glad I asked.
So sad for you to lose your fruiting plants like that.. I think we lost a pawpaw tree because of those pesky moles/voles, the trees were growing very well about 2+ m high and had a lot of bloom.. needed 2 to have them crosspolinate, but after 5 years one of them suddenly died.. so sad because they are quite expensive and hard to replace
That's sad especially after 5 years 😕 I think next year when we extend the garden/food forest we're going to use raised beds and wire mesh them all. Maybe plant your new paw paw in giant mesh bags too. That aside hows the growing?
You cannot be humane concerning voles. They are so destructive. 😢 for all your hard work and then losing your plants. They are so bad in Texas we have handle them in not an humane way.
I hear you they are very destructive, we're vegan so only humane ways for us, but we seem to be winning. Hope you're gardens not suffering too much with them now?
Saddening, but enlightening.....and optimistic for the future 👍
Great way of putting it! 🙏
Well done dealing with critturs in a humane way is admirable. Hoping it works out for you.👏👏
Thanks, so far the mesh bags, are working, seems to be less vole activity but lost a courgette yesterday so they're still about!
Those mesh bags are great .... and the rain is great .
Was wonderful to get rain especially at this time of year 🙏
Mesh bags, seem to be doing g their job! 🤞
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You can also catch the mole building a trap from materials lying around, that black irrigation pipes cut 25cm, cut a wheel from a lying around pine tree, put the wheel in one side of the pipe and open that centre hole of pine tree wheel, cut a bit of metal from a sardines tim and build a litle door in the other side of the pipe that opens towards in, soon the mole travels in it closes behind( this internal little door , build it from sardines tin and use metal wire to work as hinges)
More easy to make that explaining 😅😅😅.
Put the trap in the tunnel of mole in the direction that they traveled before or maybe two traps facing different ways.
Do you mean vole or mole as we have voles?
If it works on voles, do you have a link please 🌻🙏
you are a BRAVE woman going near Dom's nanas ;-)
Haha yes, wise words 🤣😂🍌
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I was worried about all of you, since I hadn't seeen any of you for a wile. So glad to see you, but sorry about your vole problem.
We're super fine 😍 we seem to be winning with the voles 👌
Sorry to hear about your vole problems. Glad to see you got plenty of rain this year. Be safe in the high temperatures.😊
Thank you, we willand it has, started getting very hot some days, thankfully we have a small but decent pool here now to cool down in 👌
Hi, ok looking sad bat just get them to the chicken's will eat them all, good rest of this week injoy you all and good weekend.
Thank you! You too! We seem to be winning currently 😊
What a wonderful difference in the garden from last year at this time. Everything looks lovely.
Aw thank you and so different, crazy to think we only planted the food forest v2 4 months, ago 😍
My plants become deer food usually when they are at their most beautiful bloom😂
So frustrating! 😒
Shame about the voles. Great ye are able to rehabilitate some of the plants
I know they seem to be under control, still there bit not so prolific! Lil gits!!!
Nice problem solving with the voles!
I suffer with a massive slug and snail population here in Dorset (UK). I wouldnt mind so much if they shared - but they eat through the stems of my young plants which kills them.
So, I gather the culprits up at dusk and take them in a bucket to a field half a mile away, sing 'Born Free' and empty them out of the bucket! Not a perfect solution, but it keeps their numbers in check.
Thanks, it's a challenge but part of the game I guess! I sympathise on the slugs and snails often a massive uk problem, we had them everywhere on our uk allotment. I think they're worse in the uk as the eco system is shot so not enough snail predators left 😒
Thst aside hows the garden going?
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid My little garden is being very productive. We've had a really warm and dry June here in Dorset so I'm already picking little cucumbers and courgettes. My raspberries did pretty well, but are more or less over now. The slugs ate my original runner ben plants, so my #2 versions are a little behind!
PS: I bloody love that you asked!
@@sueoldbirdstone9024 very similar here we've had quite a few raspberries courgettes and the tons are just starting, I think we'll have some gluts of those! 🍅
I had planted alpine strawberry a couple of years ago now, they are in a tub & I've also got another plant growing in another tub, it must have got there from the birds lol 😂 they are absolutely sweet, we love them ❤️🍓❤️🍓❤️🍓
Isn't nature wonderful ❤️🍓🍓🍓🍓 looks like ours, will fruit soon, look forward to trying them if our birds leave us, any 🐦🤣
You could put a net over them so you do get to try them, I do that sometimes ❤️❤️❤️
The mesh bags and strong granules are a marvellous solution to plant preservation. Hopefully with the irrigation sorted and the vole deterrent in place, you can finally look forward to enjoying the fruits of your labour.
Thanks and I hope so, apart from some losses the rest are thriving, now to survive the heat! 🔥🍓
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Good luck with the Vole situation guys ,love the plant hospital 👍💙❤️
Thanks Davvid, meant to show the plant hospital, must do that 🙏
Wow good idea about the root bags! I might try that next year as I had a similar issue.
Thanks and they are super effective no damage or losses to anything in the bags. Next year were going to also make some raised beds and mesh them all out so the lil bugger cant get to crops like the carrots!!! Hows your garden looking??
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid Allotment not too bad this year thanks. Loads of beans! I have had issues with various furry tyrants, but most things OK so far!
Ah the things you learn watching UA-cam!! The wire mesh bags are cool. I wonder if the granules deter squirrels?
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I think you can us, ultra, sonics on squirrels but don't think the granules, would work on squirrels as, the granules, stink out the voles, tunnels. Good luck solving your rodent issue what a pita!
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Take original juicy fruit gum. Go to their hole tear off half the wrapping showing the gum and not touching the gum. Stick into the hole with a rock . I use it for gophers and moles. Should work for voles. Gophers love the taste and smell of this gum and eat it but can't digest it. After they die the other rodents won't go there
Sounds like an affective solution we are vegan though so can only use deterrents really
place iron bars 50cm in the ground, above you place a large plastic bottle, through the wind vibrations that go into the ground and chase away the moles
Same for voles? Worth a try! ❤️
Our garden in rural Portugal has been hit by wild boars...We've had to build temporary fences to protect our crops!
That's, so frustrating for you, hope they didn't destroy it too much?
We have a, fence down the side of ours. Try marking all your boundaries with your pee or if you have dogs let them also pee on your boundaries
How about bringing in a few cats?
Yes we have cats but there van days, don't think they know how to hunt! We do have a feral fat, who seems to be helping us out 😻
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid just let your cat's out they're working with instinct and they like to play and hang around, my cat's also hunt for Vols \mols mouses bird's.
The slugs and snails decimated my peas 😢 I was relocating them but ive had to resort to killing them 😢
I hate slugs, and snails such a pain in the uk, how are you killing them, have you tried beer traps?
Hello Missy and Dom. I was going to ask if you had slugs and snails there but you already answered. Here they have ate my lettuce, peas and beans, rocket l, spinach and several orher young freshly sprouted veggies inc watercress. At this rate, it will just be dandelions left for me to eat. Hmm odd they leave those alone 🤔. I have that many now that i am having to dispatch them. I am using beer traps, so at least the little sods go off happy anyway. Sorry to hear about your vole issue. It's so devastating when you loose crops and plants you have cher8s3d and cared for. I have a fair few bottles to use (mainly collected from neighbours and friends) for me to convert into drip irrigation things while i recover from my replacemt knee op, which is on Thur coming (13th). Dont suppose you have any tips to cut plastic bottles using hand tools, as i don't want them all to crack or splinter. See you soon x ps your gardens are still so stunning. X
Good luck with your op in a few days, hope you make a, speedy recovery. When ivecut plastic bottles I've tended to use old secateurs but it's not a very neat cut, and use a hot piece of wire and or drill the caps, for a neater longer last dripper attachment place. Or just sink bottles in the ground
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys.
Same to you! 😊
Love the attitude. Problems guide you to answers. That's the joy of gardening. Would it help burying the mesh deeper so none are above ground
?. I have experimented with Electroculture this year and it has worked wonders with the bugs and plants
Thanks ❤️
We left some of the mesh above ground so it's, easier to remove end of the season, for perennials we are burying it.
Were really interested in electroculture what are you doing?
A friend of ours, is, wrapping copper wire around bamboo canes he swears by it! How, are your results?
@@TheWildlandersOffGrid started with thin copper wrapping around small sticks for seedlings and when planted in garden put the sticks with the plant and with all boarders put big sticks in not sure on distances yet but put a couple in every 10 feet..Havnt had the pest problems I have always had. Still unsure to underground process ,will try next year. I was wondering if it would work with the voals.The metal bars with plastic bottle made sense to me.
Makes sense with the mesh glad I asked.
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So sad for you to lose your fruiting plants like that.. I think we lost a pawpaw tree because of those pesky moles/voles, the trees were growing very well about 2+ m high and had a lot of bloom.. needed 2 to have them crosspolinate, but after 5 years one of them suddenly died.. so sad because they are quite expensive and hard to replace
That's sad especially after 5 years 😕 I think next year when we extend the garden/food forest we're going to use raised beds and wire mesh them all.
Maybe plant your new paw paw in giant mesh bags too. That aside hows the growing?
I noticed that you do mention mole as well . Are moles and voles one and the same ?
Hi voles are different to moles. Moles mainly eat insects whereas, voles are root and plant munchers 😒
You cannot be humane concerning voles. They are so destructive. 😢 for all your hard work and then losing your plants. They are so bad in Texas we have handle them in not an humane way.
I hear you they are very destructive, we're vegan so only humane ways for us, but we seem to be winning. Hope you're gardens not suffering too much with them now?