Some people feel that it’s wrong to trap mice, voles, and other garden pests, but for us, it’s essential. Every mouthful of food we get from the garden is one less we need to buy from a store, so anything that discourages or retards the growth of our produce, or gets to it before we do, is an enemy of our family.
Along with the standard mouse traps, we have a couple of live traps. We bought these when we lived in Juneau. We were between cats, and mice moved in. Continue reading
As summer continues, so do the “varmint wars” as we fight the local rodents over our garden produce. A neighbor recently asked about traps, which got me kind of long winded in the comment section. That’s impetus enough for me to expand on the topic here.
We set standard household mousetraps for voles and field mice. They’re inexpensive and cheaply made, so they tend to fall apart quickly. The staples holding down the spring seems to be the weakest point. On some, the pressure from the spring pulls them right out. Using them outside does nothing to extend their life, either. However, we’ve used some of them for years, and when they work, the do the job well. Continue reading
