Carolina Gardening: voles ,palmettos, and grief, 1 by donnacreation

donnacreation wrote:
killdawabbit, I have to try and laugh about the vole damage, although I have flirted with the idea of getting on a rooftop and taking hostages. I called my local Clemson ext agent and she said it sounds like I've tried just about everything. She was surprised that I have this problem with 7 mostly outdoor cats.

BSD, I planted castor beans 4 years ago and they keep popping up every spring. I allowed 3 to grow this season and they're very big now. If it works, it would be a cost free solution. I also came upon a website that recommended putting crushed vitamin D tablets and peanut butter inside buried PVC piping. Supposedly the vitamin D will cause some bodily imbalance that will result in death. Wish this was something I could delay until Oct - this heat and humidity is unbearable! I'm seriously thinking about burying lots of PVC piping with a mixture of peanut butter and rat poison. I saw one of my cats, Miss Darla, this morning with a small animal in her mouth. I ran outside praising her until I got up close and realized she had a young bird!