I don’t know what it is about this spring that is attracting destructive wildlife to my garden.
This is a hosta with bite marks in it. We have been planting all our hostas in “vole cages” on the advice of a nurseryman, but this year for the first time the creatures are attacking the plants from above as well as below-ground. See that vole hole? We decided it’s time to fight fire with fire, so we got some mousetraps, baited one with peanut butter and put it under a shoebox, covering this hole.
The next morning I went out to see if we got one and was shocked to find the trap missing. The shoebox had not moved and the trap was too big to drag into that hole. I looked all around the area and never did find it. I had visions of some creature running around with a trap hanging from its tongue.
We set another trap last night and this morning it was still in place under the box. When I got home tonight, the trap was no longer under the box, but I did find it a few feet away, sprung and baitless.
I’ve lost a rose, daylily and favorite hosta to voles this year. I didn’t know they ate roses or daylilies as I’ve never had a problem up to now. I guess I’m going to have to plant everything in cages, grrr.
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