Did THIS Solve Our Problem?? Getting Rid Of VOLES & MOLES

[@StiversHomestead]

Solar repellent - amzn.to/3yy3i36

[@Troupe112]

Did not work for moles. They just ran around it and all my flowers. However, I think the snakes do not like it. I only bought one. Plan to buy others. We live close to two ponds. Soooo, one in each garden and at the outside faucets would not be out of the question. Hoping this is true and not me just assuming because I haven't seen one means it is working. Good luck. Excited to see your results!

[@davidfeeney9632]

They went from $33.99 on Amazon the day this video was posted to $45.99 this morning when I was going to order them. So not happening because I need 3 packs.

[@teresab4563]

plant a wine bottle but leave the long neck out of the ground then put one of the kids whirlygigs on a stick in it. It echoes inside the bottle underground voles and such can’t take and they move on. The whirligig is so you see the neck and don’t hit it with the lawnmower lol. It really works

[@breezybest6064]

That's a great tip! Thanks!

[@LadysFarm]

I would have never thought to do that. Thank you

[@Ascendingkechi]

I just saw a tip saying plant pinwheels in your yard

[@shawnbennett912]

i've never heard that one. Gonna have to give it a try. First I need to drink some wine. Hope it work cause I've got lots of voles and need an excuse to drink more wine.

[@ordinarypete]

I’ve only been subbed since the butthead tried to steal the animals... but even I know you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull on Superman’s cape and you don’t mess with Zach’s Xenia!

[@annetteburns1546]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TeamBensonHomestead]

Oh no guys I had that issue too. They get use to it and it's just like music to their ears after a few weeks. You need to get sticky traps and bait them with juicy gum and basil leaves. I know it sounds weird but it works. Az was full of rodents this last year it was horrible. I replaced my entire garden twice buying started before I went to some older farmers for help.

[@joycebrown9142]

I have to agree, they become ineffectual after a while.

[@goin2green]

A windmill from Lehman's did the trick for me with underground pests. Glad the sonic things is working for you. Losing plants is hard.

[@chascapark]

TERESA B SAID WHIRLIGIG!!!!! IM DONE WITH THIS BLAH BLAH. GET TO IT BOY!!! whirligig YEEEEEEAH

[@loritanner4478]

We have been fighting moles digging under all my flower beds. They almost killed 2 of my huge blueberry bushes by tunneling under and exposing the roots to air underground which will kill any plant. And if that's not bad enough. Then the voles will go and use the moles tunnels and eat the roots of all your plants and bulbs. Its like an underground buffet. Then add to that the chipmunk/ground squirrels that look like chipmunks. And they make tunnels and dens underground. Then come up and eat your berries. GRRRRR I hate all of them. Almost 2 years ago we adopted 3 older cats from the shelter and that has cleared out all the chipmunk type critters. And they have caught a couple of moles and a bunch of voles. Yeah! You go kitties! Those underground pest critters can obliterate your whole garden. I have lived here on our homestead for 28 years now. When we had outside cats we didn't have those pest problems including mice and rats. But as our old outside cats died off from old age. We didn't have any for a couple years and we were overrun. Got the new cats. Now not so much. Kitties = no pests. All natural pest control.

[@truthteller50]

I need your cats to train mine. bought two for the same reason and they've done nothing!!

[@janicegranier2281]

I put castor bean plants in the corners of my yard. That cleared my issue with our voles, moles, and gophers. Castro bean plants are beautiful but careful with them because they are poisonous.🇺🇸

[@inthehouse9062]

what about castor oil instead of the plants?

[@lauraferrara2939]

Just an easy way to remember, Voles are vegetarians and Moles are meat eaters (grubs, bugs)....

[@lourdesdoty7765]

Tyat is NOT vole damage!!!!! Voles eat the plants from underneath the soil. It could be a squirrel , rabbitt, deer or groundhogs.

[@oliviaayala1219]

My best friend used sound emitting repellents in the 200 year old farmhouse she rented and she loved them! She also used electric ones outdoors as well she had skunks, ground squirrels, rats, mice, and who knows what?? It worked well enough for her to have a huge garden and most of her garden thrived!

[@CynBrown]

Great review Zach.

[@monicag75]

Ummm , I have the vibration things too. I had mine push it up 🤦🏼‍♀️ Also mine dig holes right under my garlic and pushed up and layers over 6 🤬 I pray they work for y’all. We’ve tried everything up to sitting and waiting with a gun and when we see the dirt moving, we shoot.

[@ordinarypete]

Aim true. Aim from the heart.

[@gail7998]

We tried everything. Then we tried putting road flairs down their holes. No voles. Prior to using flairs, we trapped over 300 voles. Bad year - spring & summer 2024. We live in the country.

[@blessildajoy]

BTW, How are you watering all them plants???

[@1994abbygirl]

Around here it would be cutworms doing that kind of damage! My problem is bindweed!

[@januarysdaughter6664]

"Craw-daddys" is what we call them here in So IL! 🙂 Also, I've been spreading milky spore....no grubs = no moles! ✌

[@LadysFarm]

I had no idea Crawdads eat the garden

[@KellyBagdanov]

Good luck and so happy it worked for you. We had massive gopher issues in our garden in Southern CA, the vibration sticks didn't help much. I lined some beds with metal cloth, which was great, but not workable everywhere, and we trapped them. I also recruited teen boys from church to drop any snakes (not rattlesnakes, haha) down the holes. That worked the best.

[@withwyatt_2181]

Just ordered two packs ! Thank you for the trial, I have a huge mole issue in my yard. This spring I put in a cottage garden and new zinnia beds and of course I see the mole runs 🙁. So excited to get these in and send them on their way.

[@domesti-city]

LOL! Wednesday night I transplanted a squash and a zucchini into an unused bed for my landlady. Thursday morning there was a curious "rose" of squash leave at the base of what used to be the squash plant where the gopher pulled the whole plant down his hole, but the leaves were too big to follow. Friday morning the entire zucchini plant was gone, and a small hill of dirt was all that was left! He figured out how to get those leaves through. That gopher is thinking, "At last, Uber Eats is in my neighborhood!"

[@jamesvatter5729]

Last night, I had three healthy Yukon Gold plants just topple over! I'm guessing I have a vole problem that's getting out of control.

[@dudleygoodwin4902]

You seem like a nice guy, but it would be nice if you just got straight to the point!

[@monicag75]

Morning 🤗 I can’t stand moles!

[@pedsnursekare]

Zach don’t let your guard down. I used those years ago and after awhile I think they developed a tolerance to it because the mole tunnels were popping up out of the ground next to the sonic spike. I have mole issues though so not sure how much difference there is in response to the stake.

[@abigailbelford883]

You're right. They not only grow tolerant of it, but they move around from one crop to the next. You end up spending a fortune trying to outwit them. From one night to the next morning, you're in tears again.

[@lindamckeown2830]

They only worked temporarily for me too with both moles and voles.

[@greenthumb782]

Squirrels damage all of my veggies and flowers, it is an all day watch...they even cut net covering

[@lizregan1949]

I have that problem with bulbs they digvthem up or eat half a bulb. I had problems with chipmunks eating the top off my flowers.

[@faithfamilyhomestead]

I had to use some Solar powered vibration in my old garden because of voles/moles... It worked when I turned them on 🤣

[@danabinkley7337]

I just staked up my tomatoes today. My husband yells, "Hey, come look at this!" One of the stakes was violently rocking back and forth and eventually almost fell over! I went over there to see, and perhaps my footsteps made it go still. If I could have figured where the little sucker was, I would have stabbed it with the stake. These things seem to be the size of guinea pigs for as much dirt they have heaved up in my yard! We have armadillos too here in West Central Missouri. They can tear up a yard too!

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Next time take a water hose and flood them out. Have killed a many that way. 🍀

[@joniboulware1436]

Sounds like a mole. Voles don't shove much dirt out of holes.

[@conniewilson5531]

I'm thinking those T-post's could price to be an asset in this case. They may amplify the sound.

[@hannahrosefl]

Not that I speaking from experience or anything 🤣🤣 but take a picture of where you put these things. I may or may not be able to find the ones I put in my landscape 🤣🤣🤣

[@4beefarm265]

I watched your video thinking I don’t have much use for these bc I don’t have rodent problems. Did some chores inside then went to the garden outside picking weeds. I have raised beds so not much. As I was pulling weeds a dead gum mouse jumped out of the dirt straight at me. It was the scariest thing ever. Ugh. Ordering these ASAP. Thanks for sharing! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@joshthomas7999]

Damn, if these stinking voles go after MY zinnias, it's on. I feel you, bruh.

[@shelbyhensley8660]

Lol crayfish or as we. Call them Mud bugs ain.t a problem.get you a net trap.tie some chicken guts in. It and through that in the creek.check your trap every day and empty it put the mudbugs in a cooler full of fresh tap water for 24 hours.change the water on them a couple times until.water is clear. Empty the very fish into some boiling water on the stove and boil till they turn red melt some butter add some garlic.shell and eat .yeah they aren.t a problem them are blessings.

[@Peachy08]

I use the vibration things and they have worked for me.

[@cbrazilj]

Glad that worked. I don't like buying stuff not knowing if it will work or not. Always good when it does work.

[@jenniferapiary]

Try Juicy Fruit yes Juicy Fruit chewing gum

[@debbiewilson5739]

keep us up to date

[@babylove7139]

Gardens are looking awesome 🤷‍♀️👍🤗💯

[@justpar2012]

This will not work.. Need to be inserted within 1 inch of ground

[@lourdesdoty7765]

Snakes are your friends as far as roden control!!!!

[@Native935]

another homestead used juicyfruit gum to get rid of moles in his greenhouse :O

[@suecampbell8070]

old time pin wheels ,that the kids use to play with. Stick the long handle in the ground and when the wind blows it around it viberates.

[@jessicapabon2105]

That's why u plant more than u think u need.. hahahaha..... it's a challenge, but worth it Assume! Going to get me some as well. Thank u for the review!

[@truthteller50]

but moles don't eat plants, so they shouldn't be the ones messing up tomatoes.

[@karlaskreation]

I just learned something new! I had never heard of a "vole" before. Thank you for sharing!

[@LadysFarm]

I’ve heard of it. I’ve never seen one in person

[@donnaalford9880]

Good morning Shivers, have a blessed Saturday ❤

[@sheilak4493]

Need to contact the company so you can bring them business!

[@MarthaMalanga-v1l]

Snakes will eat your voles

[@cekfraun]

Great information! I have a terrible problem with moles, voles, mice, chipmunks, etc. Well, something is digging holes all over my gardens and yard. I am going to give these a try. Thanks, Zach!

[@arthadellaanderson4983]

I thank God for people like you. Thanks for sharing your life. I have to subscribe so I don't miss anything. Blessings to you and your family

[@wonderingwoman9977]

Put a stick of Juicy Fruit gum in the holes.

[@vts5618]

How frustrating! Glad those sonic stakes are working for you.

[@jeannecooke4862]

Don't forget, your washed eggshells crushed, are perfect to place around the bases of your tomato plants to protect them ... added calcium as well. Cheers! Awesome Gardening!

[@TigOlBitties1985]

I ordered these solar repellents and just got them in the ground literally a few minutes ago. I'm praying they work because these little vermin are driving me mad.

[@inthehouse9062]

Did these repel gophers?

[@charmainemrtnz]

No more Friday nights? Glad this worked for you!

[@hotsweetlady20011]

AWESOME U GOT KIDS A POOLLLL

[@jjtweet5502]

Hello from Louisiana! Boil those crawfish!!

[@danabinkley7337]

We just went to LA for the first time. You guys can sure gobble those crawfish! Never saw such big monsters. :D

[@jjtweet5502]

@@danabinkley7337 did you try some?

[@danabinkley7337]

@@jjtweet5502 No, they were a buffet item and we got entrees. But people were going back 2 and 3 times. I ate some smaller ones at a mountain man encampment many years ago. I thought they were good. I wanted to try some at the restaurant, but I didn’t want to pay $25 for a taste. I see some in my future though! 😁

[@tessie652001]

They don’t lime either

[@monicajensen859]

Epison salt will help

[@sandywilkerson8525]

That’s Awesome Zack!!😊

[@cynthiagriffy9206]

What area are you?

[@1TsuNami]

Great video! Thank you for the info and all the tips.

[@cheryllamb8831]

Awesome! One year I had planted a swath of about 200 tulips. Next spring they would be up, ready to bloom, and then just fall over. A vole had come through & eaten all the bulbs one by one. I was devastated and angry.

[@pegjones7682]

I planted 100 and 3 came up...finally this year I figured it was voles,too later for my Roses and lilies clematis etc

[@markpiersall9815]

Install a Barn Owl nest box.

[@naomitracy5684]

im pretty sure we might as well hand the house keys to the king of moles cause nothing works not garlic , not gum, not poison worms , the list goes on not gasoline , not smoke bombs , not poison kernels , not four dogs one of which poops on every hole he finds , cayenne pepper not even . Nothing at all works , i need a steamroller and a shot gun !killed my rosemary last night . I cried .

[@truthteller50]

dang...I feel your pain... :(. Never had them before but last year they showed up out of nowhere. Not just here, but property all around. I think someone air-dropped them in the area!

[@Candylandavenue1]

I’m from Louisiana. I can help you get rid of those 🦞🧑‍🍳😂 they’re wanting $12 a pound for those puppies right now

[@hermithag]

That was my suggestion....I left a recipe!

[@klcpca]

Oh my Lord.... for a second I thought you were talking about the voles/moles.... I was like.... ewwwwwwwwwww who eats those!!!! 😂

[@pennynewell3459]

I used these in my garden too. They worked great.

[@jenniferhoule628]

Thanks for sharing! Important to think about. I always lose my sunflowers.

[@monicag75]

Our moles have a highway directly under our fence line. Drives me crazy.

[@user-ef7wk6gb4k]

My cat killed hundreds. Get a couple of good cats

[@truthteller50]

my two cats have killed none! :(

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I have dealt with so many pests since moving deeper into the country... It has been insane! Crawdads have been the worst for me!

[@ljcl1859]

Crawdads? Crayfish? what do they do?

[@ElderandOakFarm]

@@ljcl1859 yes, they dig large holes in your garden & if they do it close to small seedlings, it will uproot them & kill them.

[@DonnaMM6361]

@StiversHomestead Good to hear that these worked. I have had a vole explosion in my garden raised beds. The castor oil granules have helped, but I think they are breeding and the numbers have quadrupled. They don't really come out of the ground. Two years later, are you still happy with these ultrasonic sticks?

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

What I want to know is did it do anything for the Crawfish? I've got them all over my property!

[@hermithag]

1600 btu burner with a large pot of water...bring to a boil. Add a pack of Louisiana Seafood Boil and a couple of lemons cut in half. A few ears of corn broken in half and a couple pounds of little red potatoes. Add a large bucket of washed crawdads when the potatoes are just ready. Then top with a pound of butter.... when the butter melts it's ready to stir and serve. YUMMO! ***add hunks of spicy sausage and cabbage wedges with the corn to round it out****

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

@@hermithag If only I could catch the little buggers!

[@JW-es5un]

I would use a big concrete drill bit to drill the holes then those stakes will go in so easy. ZAC WHAT ABOUT THE POTATOE BEDS??? I would stake rose too.. THANKS FOR SHARING from West Central Indiana farmland ✝️🇺🇸💕🚜

[@joanneganon7157]

😱they are doing a great job ruining your Tomatoes! I've tried Juicy Fruit gum under my Tulip Bulbs they didn't get them this year but they wiped out last year's😝. I bought one of the sonic this year. Of course it's hung up in the mail so I can't plant yet😞. My sister recommended it. Nice to know it worked for you 👍 JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@CoachLexie]

Check out Fy Nyth KZbin channel - see at the 11 min, 10sec marker on the recent video "I moved 6000lbs of blocks" - Ariel had voles and used blocks, hardware cloth and cardboard to stop them - it totally worked for all her beds

[@mojoflyingsolo639]

I just threw 4 of those away, they didn't work. I have moles and voles, I got ride of my pesky mole by giving it a small piece of Juicy Fruit Gum, I am assuming he is dead from eating it. Have not had a problem for 2 years. I also tried the kill traps, those didn't work either, but it could of been how I position it over the hole. I can home one day from work to find my pepper plant sinking in the mole hole, it was looking really good until all I could see is the top of the plant, it went from 10 inches tall to 2 inches over night. Good luck

[@lindakangas1045]

Here in the central valley, CA we have gophers, rabbits, and squirrels. I've tried simular repellers,, gopher hawks and they did not work. Glad it worked for you.

[@SuffolkSusie]

You need at least 5 cats too 😁💜

[@noramax2925]

I have heard Juicy Fruit Gum also works. Take paper wrapper off stick of gum, leaving the foil wrapper on. Cut into small squares and stick the pieces into the holes in the ground. The vole eats the gum, I guess foil and all, and will die because it cannot digest it. Just what I have heard - never tried this.

[@marycountry]

👍🏻😊

[@marycountry]

👍🏻😊

[@camirichardson7485]

Old Alabama Gardener told me to put mint toothpaste into a cotton ball and shove it down the hole. He said you can't kill them or trap them, but you can run them out. It took me three days of shoving toothpaste cotton ball down 6 holes. They are gone for now, but I've got a big supply of toothpaste and cotton balls! I couldn't believe it actually worked! Old folks know things!

[@armidaperez5360]

My cousin sayes those work well I ordered some my self gophers are eating from my salad bar of flowers & corn🤭 I tried traps garlic cats water can't wait til my solar sonic gets here!! They hate daffodils you can add them between annual perineiuls

[@abigailbelford883]

Myomorpha hell! Side note for anyone unable to purchase the solar suggestions, you can plant Jicama and Horseradish in and around your gardens, and eliminate the problem. Perfect pest control... Of all kinds.

[@myhut8479]

I have these around our main area. We are building on and regenerating a 20 acre block that is 100% thick bush in Qld Australia, where there are dangerous snakes. I've been here over a year with these in the ground and haven't seen one snake on my property. But I have seen a red belly black snake on the road near our property. Thanks for sharing this I was wondering if others had the same results because there was a lot of negative reviews on this product. I'm absolutely convinced now.

[@jeannecooke4862]

I'd buy those garden guards ... they also work around the foundation of your home ....... really!!!

[@yvencia1150]

🥰🌻

[@hadleywooten3689]

A stick of juicy fruit gum unwrapped in the hole, the moles eat it and perish cause they can’t digest the gum. Works for me every time

[@Greens5511]

I haven't been here in awhile....great info....I think I have this issue too..... thanks for the heads up 👍👍 Love ur new in ground garden!!

[@mamahen9221]

I got mole, vole, rat, snake killin cats. Haven’t seen them kill a crawdaddy though.

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Lehman's has a metal Windmill thing that works great. Glad those worked. I've heard Radio Playing on ground works also. Peace from WV

[@Mike-wv2ux]

I'm glad it work for y'all my son build a greenhouse I helped a little bit I'm disabled and I done something new I made wicking buckets and planning my tomatoes and three squash and peppers plants and they are doing perfect everything's doing good out of those wicking buckets and I planted my cucumbers and Rich dirt on top of the ground the working out real good thank goodness I got a good son to help me out on most of it but guess what I on the 19th of May 2021 I broke my left leg in two places now I can't get out there attend to to them like I need to

[@HorseyGal4ever]

what about juicy fruit gum down the holes? I think Daniel Arms uses with great results. Ya have alot of new things going on, I hope the gardens prosper!

[@christinenewell2679]

Ariel from ‘Fy Nith’ puts a strong mesh material under about 8” of top soil and lines the beds with cinder blocks. Keeps gophers and those digging underground critters away. She has recently moved her garden to a new site and she transferred everything. You cd maybe give her a viewing? You cd consider that for next year .

[@GrandmaSandy]

Oh my gosh it was a great video with lots of great content thank you so much for sharing so many great things

[@darlenepeters4396]

I had that vole problem...very discouraging when yu go out and everything is chewed down to the root ...I seen those solar things ...I will try them out .Thanks ☺

[@sherigarrison213]

Fantastic find. I have always wondered about those things. Now I know they work I think I'm going to order some.We have a bad mole or vole problem bad in our back yard .So bad I twisted my ankle a couple years ago in one of the darn runs. So hopefully its BY BY Mr mole or vole .Thank you for the info and being your subscribers Ginea pig so to say.

[@dorenenagy564]

Milky spore works great also. You have to put that down once every 10 years. It's kind of expensive, but not when you figure in it works for 10 years. Also kills out Japanese Beetles.

[@jenniferbassett3001]

Zach, I'm recommending you get a gardening auger to dig down in the ground! I can't tell you how happy that THOSE solar in-ground pest deterants are doing their job for you guys 🎉🎉👍 Now about the gardening auger I was talking about, there's another KZbin presenter called Garden Answer. They live here in Oregon, where I'm at, but I'm on the west side of the state and they are within 5 minutes of being in Idaho. Anyway they do a lot of planting and they have different size augers that they attach to a cordless drill and absolutely go to town with drilling the holes they need to plant their things and so I am recommending you watch Garden answer and hopefully you can get something to help you dig as many holes as you could possibly need!

[@mimi2-3]

I love the fact that y’all vlog and live in Kentucky! As a fellow Kentuckian I love supporting local channels! Feels like I’m talking to famous folks!! Sounds like above ground gardening boxes may be needed?

[@morningwoodfarms713]

😀 Bravo! The garden rows are simply stunning! Amazing work, y'all! SO proud of you guys! We thought of those sonic things and hoped you might try them. Now we know they work! Thanks! 🎉🏆💗