How to prevent voles in your vegetable garden NATURALLY!

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@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын

Have you been troubled by voles in your vegetable garden? What did you do to keep them out your garden? Drop me a comment, I would love to hear 🌻

@constantinoVino 10 ай бұрын

I found the information very useful. I have I small garden and every year I have to try something different to repell the voles naturally. I already planted some daffodils wich work very good around trees. But for around the vegetables I will try to plant what you showed in the video. It wasn't clear for me the name of the plant you took out to show the roots. Could you please tell me the botanical name of the plant? I would be very grateful if you can do it

@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for leaving such a detailed a great comment 🌻 Absolutely! The botanical name is Tulbaghia Violacea and the common name is wild garlic. You can eat the leaves and use them as a substitute for garlic in roasts or fresh in salads. They are absolutely delicious! I really hope this helps you get those pesky voles under control 🌻

@constantinoVino 10 ай бұрын

@MySustainabilityJourney perfect thank you very much!!

@jilltimoney267 Ай бұрын

Do you have any suggestions on how to keep mole rats out of the garden? I'm up the West Coast and they're a real nuisance here and very destructive, biting off plants. I'm busy putting a border of chicken wire along the fence surrounding the garden, but already I've seen one climbing over the chicken wire.

@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын

Oh no, this sounds like quite the challenge 😕 Great job on deterring them from the bottom and you might need to now do the same on the top. You can consider getting some 152mm x 38mm planks and putting those as an edging around your garden so they can't climb over. They shouldn't be able to get over that and you can make it look quite nice too. I really hope you find a solution that works as I know just how frustrating these little guys can be 🌻

@janiceroberts4805 7 ай бұрын

I live in New Mexico and have about a foot of calechi under a half inch of powder, my moles/voles dig right through it and leave piles of large chunks of calechi.

@MySustainabilityJourney 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that sounds like a terrible situation to be in and I must say they are pretty determined creatures, especially if food is scarce! I hope you manage to find a solution and consider using metal wire (chicken wire) as they shouldn't be able to get through those 🌻

@channabrennon2017 9 ай бұрын

Great info thank you!!

@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын

It's the greatest of pleasure and I'm glad you found value in watching this video 🌻

@tobruz Жыл бұрын

A plastic pop bottles with fins cut out on a metal rod works great too

@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and yes, I have heard that works for some people, but for that didn't do much. However, like I mentioned in the video, what works for me might not work for you and the reverse applies too. Glad you found what works for you 🌻

@DonnaMM6361 Жыл бұрын

How do you make this?

@tobruz Жыл бұрын

@@DonnaMM6361big bottle, hole in bottom,, leave top on, cut 4 rectangle fins and fold out, put wire through bottle on a stiff wire, wind spins it causing vibration in soil

@DonnaMM6361 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that you have shown what the tunnels and holes of voles specifically look like in raised garden beds. I am in northwest United States and been searching for this information specifically. I have had a pretty good idea that my pesky rodent is a vole, but have not been able to confirm that. Most people (and videos) combine the mole and vole as similar enough, that they don't distinguish vole activity in the vegetable garden. We are building new raised beds with hardware cloth on the bottom. It has 1/2" squares. Does anyone know if that is too large to prevent voles from entering? The wild garlic you have is new to me. I will search for it. Thank you! Mukilteo, Washington, United States. Happy Father's Day!

@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын

Hey Donna, thanks for taking the time to write such a great comment and share your experiences with me 💚 I would say that spacing would be fine to keep them out but also allow worms and other insects to move around freely. I'm glad this video helped distinguish the difference as I found the same. Correct identification is the most important thing when it comes to prevention. I hope you had a super productive summer garden and good luck for the looming winter season 🌻

@KarelRode Жыл бұрын

Ja wel Mollie is besig hier by my. Blykbaar het sy lewensreg hier op die plot, en tans vreet sy al my wortels. Grondboontjies en aataples loop ook deur. Sal seke die gas ding moet probeer. Tans is my wortels tussn 2 rye uie en sy werk deur die wortels elk aand.

@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын

Ai, dit klink soos n regte pein! Molle is baie moeilik om ontslae to raak, maar dit kan ook n gopher wees as molle eet goggas en wurms en nie wortel nie, maar ja, dit is bitter frustrerend!

@beeskuiken Жыл бұрын

Het al baie planne probeer maak. Sover werk my citronella metode die beste.

@beeskuiken Жыл бұрын

2 druppels in 'n gieter water en gooi 'n grens om jou bedding. 😊

@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын

Baie dankie! Ek het nog nie hierdie metode probeer nie end sal dit nou probeer. Gebruik jy net gewone citronella oil? Hoe gereeld doen jy dit/is dit effektief in die grond?

@beeskuiken Жыл бұрын

@@MySustainabilityJourney Ja, dis sulke klein glas botteltjies wat my vrou by young livings koop. As ek moet raai gooi ek so halwe liter per meter. Doen dit net een of 2 keer per seisoen. Nou al my 3de jaar van sukses. Hoop dit werk vir jou.

@atthegrassroots Жыл бұрын

@@beeskuiken Dankjewel, dit ga ik ook proberen! Ik heb ook van die "party windmolens" over in mijn tuin gezet, lijkt wel iets te werken. Maar ik ga zeker citronella proberen! Groeten uit Nederland