thistlebloom
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Well I just read all the old posts in your links Steve and it sort of baffled me (and made me nervous too!)
I do use the hilling with straw method every year and I haven't had any issue with mice and voles, and also feel like I get a pretty good harvest, although I have never weighed them or kept any particular records. Last year my crop sucked but I think that can be blamed on my exuberant use of sunflower residue (that's in another thread). Maybe mice and voles aren't a problem for me because our
4 "barn"/pet cats do such a good job of patrolling the property. ??
Anyway, I know that I'm doing it again this year, and maybe I'll remember to keep records so I have some kind of definitive evidence of how it is really working.
I am really horrible at record keeping, except for when I have to, like when the taxman demands it ...
It was discouraging reading about the failures of a method that I have always recommended...
I do use the hilling with straw method every year and I haven't had any issue with mice and voles, and also feel like I get a pretty good harvest, although I have never weighed them or kept any particular records. Last year my crop sucked but I think that can be blamed on my exuberant use of sunflower residue (that's in another thread). Maybe mice and voles aren't a problem for me because our
4 "barn"/pet cats do such a good job of patrolling the property. ??
Anyway, I know that I'm doing it again this year, and maybe I'll remember to keep records so I have some kind of definitive evidence of how it is really working.
I am really horrible at record keeping, except for when I have to, like when the taxman demands it ...
It was discouraging reading about the failures of a method that I have always recommended...