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Sunday, September 15, 2013
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I did pretty good keeping the weeds out this year, but as melon growth waned at the end of August you can see I decided to let things go a bit. Maybe I will revisit the landscape fabric idea. My vole fencing worked well. I did not see any damage from voles on my melons or my sweet potatoes. Without the fence the voles typically get most of my sweet potato crop. Not this year! The fence is 1/4" hardware cloth that is buried about 8" deep and rises about 10" out of the ground. It completely surrounds my patch. Total cost about $75.00 for my 30x50 patch. If you have had problems with voles this may be an idea worth trying.
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