We need help with moles as well. We have tried the 'poison peanuts,' rat poison, (both with no real effect) and finally the battery operated spikes that buzz (which supposedly drive the moles away). While the spikes seem to work just a bit, the moles move to other areas including the flower beds, and they are expensive. We are willing to try the pitchfork method that heatherk mentioned -- what do we do, gig along the full length of each burrow? (or were you kidding, heatherk?)

I don't have voles, but it seems that whatever deer don't like, rabbits do. Since it pretty much disappears, I've used chicken wire cages to protect dianthus, pansies, and baby's breath from the rabbits before I get out to start my "Liquid Fence" program. That has worked well for me with both deer and rabbits and I've gotten to enjoy my Oriental and Asiatic lilies, phlox, platycodon, etc.; even the arbor vitae they chewed into hour glass shapes recovered. So far, nothing has ever bothered my tall bearded or Siberian iris, daylilies, nepeta, Veronica, echinacia or Rudebeckia, but if critters are hungry enough, they'll go for many of the plants they're traditionally not supposed to like - so the list of safe things is shrinking. How about sedum? Does anyone know if wildlife eats those?

Humm, coincidentally, I've been seeing some digging in my yard too, around the mole holes. I have a problem sometimes with opossums coming up on the porch where I feed my cats & eating late at night. I've been taking in the cat food at night to discourage this. I forgot til after dark one day, & ran out. The opossum was there, I could just see him around the corner. I yelled at him & walked toward him. About that time he raised his head at me, at the same time I realized this possum had a furry tail, & the bottom half of his fur was black. I think we both had the "Wha'the" look on our faces for a second before I decided the skunk was welcome to the rest of the food. I've been sure to collect the cat food earlier since then, but maybe I should leave it if he is getting the moles & voles :)

Hello, everyone! I am a new member, and glad to be here. This is a long post, but it's worth reading, because it is a simple, inexpensive and permanent solution to the problem of rabbits eating your flowers and vegetables. I do cannot understand why so many people pass up this infallible solution for keeping rabbits and other small critters (and maybe deer, as well) from eating their flowers and vegetables. IT WORKS, PERIOD. Put in a blender the following, none of which need to be peeled or otherwise fooled with, except for the onion, which should be cut in quarters, to facilitate blending: 2 dozen habanero peppers 1 whole head garlic 1 medium red onion 1 tablespoon peppermint oil Add enough water so that it comes to about 4 inches above ingredients.(This really means to add enough water that ingredients will get as liquefied as possible.) Blend on highest speed until it appears to you that all ingredients are thoroughly liquefied. Add enough additional water to come up to the 1 quart mark on blender. Blend again at high speed for 30 seconds or so. Strain the mixture through a nylon stocking, or better yet, a nut milk bag, if you have one. It might even be worth your while to buy a nut bag expressly for the purpose of making this recipe. (Just do a search under "Not bag" or "nut milk bag.) But a nylon stocking will work. Strain mixture over a bowl through stocking (or nut bag) till no more liquid runs through. Then squeeze as much more liquid as possible out of what is still in the stocking. WASH YOUR HANDS AND UNDER YOUR NAILS VERY WELL WITH LOTS OF SOAP AND WARM WATER AFTER HANDLING THE MIXTURE. Using a funnel, pour the strained liquid into a 1 quart spray/stream bottle. Now you are ready to spray or squirt the mixture on your plants. Rabbits will NOT eat plants on which you spray this stuff. You don't need to over spray, but don't be stingy, either. Make sure whatever you spray gets a decent dousing. It won't take long before the critters keep away just because of the smell HOWEVER, you MUST be vigilant about using this stuff. After it rains, especially after a hard rain, spray your plants again. Whether it rains or not, spray every 3 weeks. If the smell wears off sufficiently, the rabbits will be back. Also, there will be young, "unschooled" rabbits coming along throughout the season, That's it. No rabbit fences, no dogs, cats, traps, etc. The main reason this mixture works is because rabbits will not take more than a nibble of a leaf with this stuff on it before they try something else. By the way, rabbits have a "favorites" list." So if you spray this mixture on whatever is their favorite item in your garden, they will begin eating whatever is second, then third, fourth, etc. on their list. So that means you need to spray most things in your garden, except for plants you know they won't eat, like tomatoes, for instance. I read the post about rabbits eating someone's tomatoes, and I would not believe it unless I actually saw it. The reason is that tomatoes, potatoes and other nightshade family plants have a horrible tasting poison in their leaves and stems. Rabbits simply cannot to tolerate it. Try a little nibble on a leaf yourself, and you'll see... Well, that's it: Capsaicin is the end of the line for rabbit problems, as well as other small critter problems. I think this stuff also works for deer, but am not sure. It may be that a mixture for deer needs to also have "putrefied egg solids" in it. THAT is something I would buy, not make!