Voles & Mice: How To Have A Vole-Free Garden. Organic Recipe Included!

Do voles ruin your garden? Here's how NHHostas.com grower, Richard Merritt, uses an environmentally-friendly organic solution to prevent those pesky critters from destroying his extensive hosta gardens and lawn.

[@Realdavidart]

Extremely long winded BUT the message and sincerity are worth the time. Thank you for caring 🙏🏾

[@nokomismn9685]

HINT: Go to 2:48, where he gives his castor oil and dish detergent formula, if you don't have 18 minutes to listen to him ramble.

[@amananca]

pfffffff.. thank you

[@guitar1950]

Maybe 4:08? And view kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5rKfX5urcuCZpY

[@candacealexander6332]

Geez... Thank you!!

[@dosam_6146]

Will do. Thanks!

[@enchantedherbshop]

Thank you for being gentle on this Earth.

[@mabelgoddard5813]

I found you podcast just in time! After the snow melted I saw a lot of paths on the grass and mounds on flower bed . Thank you so much for the information. I too like to work as organic as I can possibly can. Your video was worth to watch!!👏👏👏

[@Zincink]

This was very helpful, thanks for sharing.

[@JoeMAX30]

Thank you for this very good video. I've learn a lot...thanks again

[@jennasorscia9044]

I know this is an old video but I just wanted to thank you for an easy and simple solution!

[@CathyHautz04]

This is the only thing that has helped me out. I highly recommend it.

[@questionsexe3631]

watch x2 speed. Said with love. blessings

[@sanmaran1]

Thanks. Very good advice……A few days ago I noticed 3 of my Hosta had vanished…..found the holes…….I am going to use the castor oil treatment…..hope it works…….we use to have the pileated woodpecker in Arkansas……Miss those noisy birds….They are amazing

[@mar1video]

Good video ! Thanks !

[@DOLfirst]

BEAUTIFUL Boston Terriers 💞

[@justordinaryeverydaylife7977]

Well I am glad Orville Redenbacher does not like using zinc phosphide to kill voles! Good job!

[@leamercatwild3354]

He says that the biggest problem is how people misapply the solution. Then he never shows how to apply the solution.

[@DOLfirst]

He has another video that shows the pump

[@hischild3759]

My experience: I found a mole hole right beside my screened in porch. I ran inside and looked up this video and mixed a gallon. I found about 5 holes right in a line along the porch. I poured the mixture over each hole and I poured about half in the largest hole. The next day my son in law said: there’s a mole hole by the porch and the mole just looked out at me. (That was the hole I poured half of the gallon in.). Lol!

[@jimvaughn2556]

I really enjoyed your video, but understood you apply before the frost. Can you apply now that is in June and I seeing these little critters holes. I live on a golf course and I suppose they do something to control voles, but I am having trouble I suppose because I do have lots of perennials, azaleas, bushes, and some nice grass. Please help.

[@cervelott]

Love that woodpecker! Right on cue…

[@Ahoya4]

Here in IL we have a lot of freeze thaw, and then rain. How often should this be applied?

[@RetrieverTrainingAlone]

Red-back voles in my broccoli patch up here in interior Alaska.

[@shanshaffer1974]

Early May in NC...Will it work here at this time of year and where do you spray this solution? Can you spray your hostas directly?

[@rubyoduah1985]

Shan Shaffer

[@edwinreffell6201]

Castor oil costs $7US for 3 fluid ounces here. Can I use castor oil made by boiling the seeds of the castor oil plant? Would growing the beautiful plant in the garden help? I discovered a molehill and a large hole beside it last week outside my balcony but in the garden, not in the grass, Also our allotments are ruined by voles, not moles. I want to get rid of both moles and voles,

[@pigetteincestbehindadildoh5596]

Edwin Reffell anyone reading this don't do it the seeds have cyanide in them

[@beckywann7917]

Castor plants are often called mole beans because they deter moles. And they are beautiful plants.

[@scottnickley3605]

Ireland sounds cool.

[@MrBrinydeep]

I'm highly interested in any method using common ingredients and tools that's effective. It sounds like you've had success with your method and I want to learn more about it. But with all due respect, this video needs some work. Sorry, but it's a real snoozer that leaves a lot of questions. Write an outline of what you will talk about and don't drift from it. Leave out your travels, your illness, the camera man's name, the woodpecker and any other distractions that don't have anything to do with what you're talking about. I like your dogs, but I was half expecting them to start licking themselves or lifting their legs in the video. You're talking about an "organic" recipe for controlling voles. 50% of the mixture is dish soap. What's "organic" about dish soap? You point out that the end-of-hose sprayer has a dial. What is the particular name of that sprayer, and what do you set the dial at? The purpose of these types of sprayers is to dilute whatever's in the bottle with water, so how much water would you use if you're using a water can? The application you mention is to wait for the first frost, remove dead plants and treat the ground using a "broadcast" application (sprayer). What if the varmints are bothering our gardens NOW? Will your treatment work during growing season? If so, how is it applied then? We got that the ingredients are castor oil, dish soap, and water. What are all those other products sitting on the table? Please stop saying you're going to "segway" to another part, because you never do! Just go to the next part.

[@OregonCoastVideo]

The Dogs are great.. "who you talking to" :P)

[@freedom224j]

Also, castor oil does not kill it repels, they get itchy...IE they move to another area to feed - like the other side of your yard.

[@ghostridergale]

Or hopefully your neighbors yard even better! LOL

[@SistaSarah]

Hello and thank you, can I use this method on an active veggie garden or do I have to wait. if not, is there a side effect to what will happen to my veggies?

[@ghostridergale]

I’m wondering the same thing too? Hopefully we’ll get a answer?

[@ghostridergale]

I would absolutely love to go to Ireland! I’m Irish on my mom’s side. Her maiden name was Goodnight. Never hear that last name in the U.S., least I haven’t yet! Myself I love the Irish accent and the land over there from what I’ve seen on shows is gorgeous! Heard about their hospitality, would love to find out what that’s like myself someday too? My dad was French, but I’ve always been more attracted to the Irish people and their country! Be a dream to go there!

[@Baileygeep7]

Thanx to the comment section, I didn't have to watch but about a minute of this and found out he's using caster oil just like everybody else, another I got a camera and want to be famous video.

[@emeraldmnm]

What is the concentration of water to soap/castor oil?

[@Jigjog7]

1 - 2 Oz Castor Oil (DO NOT USE UNSCENTED CASTOR OIL!) We buy our Castor Oil from www.shayandcompany.com/castor-oil-1-gallon.html 1 - 2 Oz Dish Detergent vole-damage.jpg Add the mixture to the jar of the hose end sprayer. Then fill the jar with water. Attach to your hose and thoroughly water every location that you want to deter the pests from. If your hose-end sprayer has a dial, set it to the highest setting.

[@ssaen77]

How much do you apply per square foot or what rate is it applied

[@ghostridergale]

Where’s your website? Know you mentioned it! Be helpful if you linked your info in the comments if you can?

[@casagrandecats]

my dear sir! where am I putting this mixture? in the vole hole in my lawn? directly on my hosta leaves? where pray tell?

[@heather4230]

I am grateful for the video, yet found it extremely frustrating that he didn't say or didn't role model WHERE to spray, like you said, Sandra, on the leaves? at the roots? around the vole holes? in the vole holes? along the vole trails?

[@quick9smitty511]

@@heather4230 You're right! He mentions his website but doesn't add a link. Very poor planning. Sounds like he just winged it and posted the first take. Doesn't look like he bothers to answer questions either.

[@freedom224j]

Funny comments!! Otherwise, well, I... thanks for the comments!

[@markpiersall9815]

Install a Barn Owl nest box; a nesting pair will eat more than 3,000 voles and mice in a breeding season.. To eliminate slugs set empty tuna cans out in depressions in the earth and fill them with beer at dusk.

[@claytonwhite6329]

There is an art of brevity. You should learn it. but method is good

[@laurenb6451]

Uch everybody is commenting on a lot of superfluous stuff. What I need to know IS: IF YOU ARE USING A HOSE END SPRAYER HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE CHEM IS FINISHED AND IT IS TIME TO PUT MORE IN?3

[@Gesundheit888]

This guy will try to tell you what he is going to be trying to tell you and attempt to explain what he will be attempting to explain....and talk about a trip and suggestions thereof and about a cold he caught and spread and to whom and more very important info like that.....

[@rogerbrandt6678]

Can I use canola oil?

[@pigetteincestbehindadildoh5596]

roger brandt that would attract them

[@vond7495]

I have woodpeckers, I'm not positive which ones....but I do hear the sound yours is making, all the time..

[@gigtimes]

this video is the perfect solution for sleeping disorder.

[@kickitatw]

+Stephen Watermeyer I agree! Why can't people just get to the point. Do we really need to hear about the virus you picked up in Ireland?

[@jigarmehta5397]

Kickit Jeff ha ha

[@shannonforusa45]

Any organic chipmunk deterrent ideas?

[@dmsha1464]

is castor safe for small dogs like terriers?

[@janetputnam7949]

Yes, it is.

[@tombrady2820]

Am I the only one who notice that this guys resembles Mr. Rogers lol. anyway helpful video thanks :)

[@beenjaminb6455]

you should've visited Belfast

[@notsure9828]

I have a very small space that I need this for (6 x 7 feet) and don't want to buy a huge expensive jug of castor oil. Unfortunately, pretty much every bottle I see in the store says it's unscented. I bought a bottle of TopCare that didn't say it was unscented and I can barely smell anything, so this must not be the right stuff. Where can I buy some cheap stinky castor oil in this day and age? (Walmart's says it's unscented as well)

[@ImAChristianFirst]

search 1 gallon castor oil on google. I got a gallon with shipping under $30. It is worth it to me because voles ate most of the 1,000 lilies I bought and planted. They are mowing down my hostas and shrubs too.

[@janetputnam7949]

You can also buy castor oil granules. I bought mine under the name Mole Max.

[@timlindgren478]

While I agree with the premise, my preferred mix is Caster Oil and basic VO5 Shampoo (which is only about $1 a bottle at Walmart). 2:1 Caster/Shampoo. Shampoo makes a better surfactant than dish soap and with fewer salts. Soak the garden with plain water first, then broadcast spray the garden with a hose end sprayer set to 4:1. Yes - Right on the plants and soil. (I add a little "Natures Magic" into the mix as a foliar fertilizer. ) Done. Re-apply every few months. No chemicals required.

[@MrRoccoMarotta]

What kind of hose end sprayer are you using? The 4:1 setting that you recommend...is that 4 oz. to 1 gallon of water?

[@williamvann4305]

Finally, someone has recommended a ratio of castor oil/dish soap to WATER! Thank you!

[@marckvaler3726]

go to 2:48

[@brianlouwers6562]

Got it ...caster oil and soap...Why does that take 20 minutes to explain????????????

[@gocolts82]

Brian Louwers Maybe some of us also wanted to know the diet of a Pileated Woodpecker. smh

[@Zincink]

+Brian Louwers lots of critiques and criticism from people who don't make their own videos.

[@1Ataya]

Lmao!!

[@laurenb6451]

No since owls, hawks, etc. die from eating the poisoned rodents. I had a great horned owl dying in my backyard because of this. Horrible to see. That’s what convinced me.

[@smhollanshead]

Thank you for the information. In the future, please consider organizing your thoughts before you speak. You tend to ramble. If you’re looking for areas to cut, consider minimizing your green agenda. Most people want information not indoctrination.

[@peacemaker1647]

Way too long...too much talking!

[@drg3712]

Thought it was funny that you said Southern Alaska and skipped over Canada. Not offended you ignored just thought it was funny as we definitely have Voles and Mic and need advice. Having said that, we don't own a cat and don’t have owls, hawks or coyotes here in Alberta… at least not in my backyard 😀. So, appreciate the advice but I am only interested in exterminating these things.

[@Lsutube963]

Sorry - giving up. WAY too much gab, I don’t have time. Nor am I inserted in your vacation details.

[@FOR8YESHUA]

Your audio is missing on this video! I just see you standing there but I can't hear you!!!

[@4_14_fan]

The title was cut off when I clicked and I thought it said "How to have a vole farm" Needless to say I'm deeply disappointed

[@soniamonia573]

I tried, can’t watch whole thing 😭😭 This is impossible to watch So much unnecessary information 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@MsMixd]

Oh god. This was very frustrating to watch. I'd rather take a pitchfork to them than watch it again for the small, half-tidbits of semi-useful information.

[@BigSpamBug]

This guy soooo sloooooow

[@grandrapidsdjs]

This dude rambles so much. Good knowledge but rambles.

[@lydiageorge4306]

Too much babbling ☹️

[@Yayahey]

OMG this would be great if you got right to the info! Too many tangents. But great advice.

[@dfu1685]

Oh my gosh! Please just give the recipe and then do the him n haw about woodpeckers and your favorite sweaters🙄🥱

[@dfu1685]

Sorry. I should have kept it to myself. Apologies. Thank you for your video.