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Friday, August 21, 2009
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pumpkin cholo
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Bloomington, IN
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A couple weeks ago it came to my attention that there is the beginning of a mice infestation in some bushes about 15-20 feet from the edge of my garden. I don’t usually get out into the garden until the afternoon and one day a couple of weeks ago when the pumpkins were smaller I went out there and found that the t-shirt I had been using to cover the Prizewinner was gone, leaving the pumpkin exposed to the sun for several hours, which ticked me off. I later found the shirt had been dragged into the bushes. It hasn’t happened again because the pumpkin is bigger now and the shirt no longer touches the ground where they can reach it. :)
I later found two tunnels no wider than my index finger had been dug under both the Prizewinner and the 1250, which got me really worried because I’ve heard plenty of stories of mice burrowing under pumpkins and chewing into the fruit. I proceeded to destroy the entrances to these tunnels and after several days of inactivity I’ve concluded those tunnels were abandoned, fortunately.
Not willing to risk having them try again I went out and bought some d-con mice killing bait packets to place around their nest in the bushes. I placed one inside a party peanuts container with three one inch wide holes around the side. The container still smelled strongly of peanuts which I had hoped would attract them, and it turns out it did because it was the first one of the two bait stations to be hit.
While I have yet to see a single mouse with my own eyes, mice are the only creatures I can think of which could fit through the holes in that container, dig those kinds of tunnels, and drag a shirt across the yard. And they aren’t moles. I’ve had plenty of experience with moles to rule them out.
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