http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/vole Questions tagged with 'vole' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 12 May 2008 19:44:52 -0800 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:44:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/91248/Help%2Dme%2Ddevole%2Dmy%2Dgarden%2DHumanely Help! I have voles! How do I get rid of them? Do those repellent sprays work? How about those sonic things? I have a small (about 15-foot-square) vegetable garden with raised beds. It was covered with mulch all winter, and I put landscape fabric on it a few weeks ago to keep down the weeds. I also used to have a nice, healthy poppy plant -- until I visited the garden yesterday, and noticed that my poppy plant was now just a handful of shriveled-up leaves. There was a perfect hole where the root used to be, and a tunnel leading to it (I felt this with my hand -- it's all under the plastic). I had high hopes for a row of tiny carrot seedlings I planted weeks ago, but now I fear that they are doomed. How do I vole-proof my garden, while keeping my vegetables organic and safe? And can I do it without mass varmint carnage? Do those various chemical sprays work? How about those sonic posts? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91248 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:44:52 -0800 garden organic pestcontrol vegetablegarden vole voles chowflap