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From: Jeanne Hannah <Jmh98law at AOL.COM>
Subject: Moles
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Dear Ray, and all other Arisaema-L friends,

OK, OK, I know when I'm beaten. I've signed up for a Hotmail account so t=hat=

I can send postings to Ariseama-L without all of the garbage that AOL ema=il 
puts into them. Ray, is it possible for you to keep my AOL email address =as 
the one where my Ariseama-L postings arrive??? I think I will find it har=d t=
o 
remember to check the Hotmail account.

Now then, the most interesting email arrived here yesterday from G=F6te= 
Svanholm [In middle Sweden (59 degrees north)] in response to my posting =on 
Moles. G=F6te replied directly to me because G=F6te's postings are no=t showi=
ng up 
on the List. Perhaps the email ISP is sending garbled messages. 

Also, G=F6te, I tried to "Reply" to you, but the "Daemon" [the carrier-=back =
of 
undelieverable email "addressee unknown"] sent my response back to me. So=I 
think you may have some other ISP problem.

G=F6te's suggestions about taking care of moles was so comprehensive an=d 
thoughtful that I wanted to post it to Ariseama-L for everyone's benefit.

BTW, if you are one of the persons who corresponds with me off-list, plea=se 
remember to use my AOL address for that mail. Thanks.

Here are the great Mole Destructor directions. They look better than usin=g 
the ol' mallett!

Dear Jean,
I send this directly since I have not yet made the effort to find out why=my
messages to the list never appear there.
I have no moles nor chipmunks but I do have voles.
Moles feed on earthworms and similar creatures so they do not harm our
Arisaemas or other "bulbs" except by mistake.
Voles are rodents.They can clean out a collection of lilies or tulips or =a
potato plot in no time at all. They also move bulbs to storage caverns.
There are many "Cures" around like 
digging down glass which is a good way of cutting fingers of unsuspecting
gardeners.
or: 
Planting smelly bulbslike Fritillaria imperialis - I tried. They did not =eat
the frits but Liliums two inches away. 
or:
Putting down a littlewindmill so the vibrations disturb. That is too far
fetced even for me.=A0 
or
Using poison. The one available seem to make their furs sleek, their bell=ies
round, and their offspring numerous.
or 
Using gas (acetylene). This is a good way of converting their tunnels to
trenches but they are still there.
Unfortunately they usually are discovered when they have eaten all bulbs =and
are moving to the next bulb border anyway. This is is the reason why peop=le
believe in all these useless cures.
There is only one way. A trap like an oversize moustrap. The procedure is=as
follows
Step #1:=A0=A0 Inspection of the garden in the early mornig and findi=ng a li=
ttle
pile of earth in the wrong place.
#2 dig it out to see if there is a tunnel beneath. If No: happiness. If y=es:
leave it open.
#3 Come back four hours later. Voles do not like drafts so if the tunnel =is
inhabited it is now blocked. Is in not blocked, they are gone elsewhere
(look under your liliums! do they still have bulbs ?) 
#4 dig up the tunnel again. Use your hands so they acquire earth smell.
#5 put down the trap with piece of Carrot or (better if you can spare the=m)
tuber of Crocus or Freesia. Preferably so they nearly 'have to' step in i=t.
Best in a tunnel junction. 
#6 MOST IMPORTANT Put a box or basin or little tub over the trap and the
hole and fill all holes with soil so there is no draft nor light.
#7 Take out dead vole in the evening and leave hole open in case they wer=e
two. They seldom are. Voles are eremites.
#7 go back to #3
If the vole was too clever and filled the trap with sand your trap probab=ly
smelled to much of human. Or there was a draft or he /she/it was to busy
tunneling to care for the carrot. If this hapens. Go back to #4. I have
never had to repeat the procedure more than twice.
Good hunting!
G=F6te Svanholm
In middle Sweden (59 degrees north)

Jeanne M. Hannah, Esq.
Traverse City, MI 49686
Tel.   (231) 223-7864
Fax:  (231) 223-7868
EM:   jmh98law at aol.com

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>Dear Ray, and all other Arisaema-L friends,
<BR>
<BR>OK, OK, I know when I'm beaten. I've signed up for a Hotmail account =so =
that 
<BR>I can send postings to Ariseama-L without all of the garbage that AOL=em=
ail 
<BR>puts into them. Ray, is it possible for you to keep my AOL email addr=ess=
as 
<BR>the one where my Ariseama-L postings arrive??? I think I will find it=ha=
rd to 
<BR>remember to check the Hotmail account.
<BR>
<BR>Now then, the most interesting email arrived here yesterday from G==F6te 
<BR>Svanholm [In middle Sweden (59 degrees north)] in response to my post=ing=
on 
<BR>Moles. G=F6te replied directly to me because G=F6te's postings ar=e not s=
howing up 
<BR>on the List. Perhaps the email ISP is sending garbled messages. 
<BR>
<BR>Also, G=F6te, I tried to "Reply" to you, but the "Daemon" [the carr=ier-b=
ack of 
<BR>undelieverable email "addressee unknown"] sent my response back to me=. S=
o I 
<BR>think you may have some other ISP problem.
<BR>
<BR>G=F6te's suggestions about taking care of moles was so comprehensiv=e and=

thoughtful that I wanted to post it to Ariseama-L for everyone's bene=fit=
=2E
 
 BTW, if you are one of the persons who corresponds with me off-list, =ple=
ase 
 remember to use my AOL address for that mail. Thanks.
 
 Here are the great Mole Destructor directions. They look better than =usi=
ng 
 the ol' mallett!
 
 
 Dear Jean,
 I send this directly since I have not yet made the effort to find out=wh=
y my
 messages to the list never appear there.
 I have no moles nor chipmunks but I do have voles.
 Moles feed on earthworms and similar creatures so they do not harm ou=r
 Arisaemas or other "bulbs" except by mistake.
 Voles are rodents.They can clean out a collection of lilies or tulips=or=
a
 potato plot in no time at all. They also move bulbs to storage cavern=s.
 There are many "Cures" around like 
 digging down glass which is a good way of cutting fingers of unsuspec=tin=
g
 gardeners.
 or: 
 Planting smelly bulbslike Fritillaria imperialis - I tried. They did =not=
eat
 the frits but Liliums two inches away. 
 or:
 Putting down a littlewindmill so the vibrations disturb. That is too =far
 fetced even for me.=A0 
 or
 Using poison. The one available seem to make their furs sleek, their =bel=
lies
 round, and their offspring numerous.
 or 
 Using gas (acetylene). This is a good way of converting their tunnels=to
 trenches but they are still there.
 Unfortunately they usually are discovered when they have eaten all bu=lbs=
and
 are moving to the next bulb border anyway. This is is the reason why =peo=
ple
 believe in all these useless cures.
 There is only one way. A trap like an oversize moustrap. The procedur=e i=
s as
 follows
 Step #1:=A0=A0 Inspection of the garden in the early mornig and f=inding =
a little
 pile of earth in the wrong place.
 #2 dig it out to see if there is a tunnel beneath. If No: happiness. =If =
yes:
 leave it open.
 #3 Come back four hours later. Voles do not like drafts so if the tun=nel=
is
 inhabited it is now blocked. Is in not blocked, they are gone elsewhe=re
 (look under your liliums! do they still have bulbs ?) 
 #4 dig up the tunnel again. Use your hands so they acquire earth smel=l.
 #5 put down the trap with piece of Carrot or (better if you can spare=th=
em)
 tuber of Crocus or Freesia. Preferably so they nearly 'have to' step =in =
it.
 Best in a tunnel junction. 
 #6 MOST IMPORTANT Put a box or basin or little tub over the trap and =the
 hole and fill all holes with soil so there is no draft nor light.
 #7 Take out dead vole in the evening and leave hole open in case they=we=
re
 two. They seldom are. Voles are eremites.
 #7 go back to #3
 If the vole was too clever and filled the trap with sand your trap pr=oba=
bly
 smelled to much of human. Or there was a draft or he /she/it was to b=usy
 tunneling to care for the carrot. If this hapens. Go back to #4. I ha=ve
 never had to repeat the procedure more than twice.
 Good hunting!
 G=F6te Svanholm
 In middle Sweden (59 degrees north)
 
 Jeanne M. Hannah, Esq.
 Traverse City, MI 49686
 Tel. &nbsp;&nbsp;(231) 223-7864
 Fax: &nbsp;(231) 223-7868
 EM: &nbsp;&nbsp;jmh98law at aol.com</HTML>

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