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Anthony_Toronto · June 5, 2015

Last year I built a caged-off area to protect lettuce and kale from rabbits. And what showed up? VOLES! All of my Boston lettuce from seed ruined. Every Kale ruined pea plants ruined. Something also bit through my cucumber plants about 6-inches up the stem, without eating the plant...just chewed through (not cutworms, definitely voles or rabbits). How can I prevent and kill these little jerks?

And on another note I put my tomato plants in a few weeks early, dodged a bullet with a frosty night, and everything is 3-4 weeks ahead of last year's horrid weather...but already seeing signs of foliage disease...ugh. Maybe I should just get out the lawn mower and use that on the garden and forget about the whole thing.

June 5, 2015	#1
Anthony_Toronto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 413	#$@#$@#$% Voles!!! Last year I built a caged-off area to protect lettuce and kale from rabbits. And what showed up? VOLES! All of my Boston lettuce from seed ruined. Every Kale ruined pea plants ruined. Something also bit through my cucumber plants about 6-inches up the stem, without eating the plant...just chewed through (not cutworms, definitely voles or rabbits). How can I prevent and kill these little jerks? And on another note I put my tomato plants in a few weeks early, dodged a bullet with a frosty night, and everything is 3-4 weeks ahead of last year's horrid weather...but already seeing signs of foliage disease...ugh. Maybe I should just get out the lawn mower and use that on the garden and forget about the whole thing. Last edited by Anthony_Toronto; June 5, 2015 at 10:28 PM.