Mice - Chez
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:59 pm
Thanks for the info re user name and thank you all for the ideas. Caught one- the other one was hopping around the lawn eating bird food flipped by the birds so I am still on guard!
Mice, voles, slugs and snails, what you will. As growers in the middle of the countryside we get all that vermin and more. The only 100% system of defence that I have is large cages 2'x 1' high, length depends on usage but mine are long enough for the long growbag trays or alternatively 2 of the large square ones. The frames are covered with metal mesh that comes in 3x2 sheets (netlon) or on a roll from some pet shops. The frames are made from 1"x1" timber, screwed and stapled at corners, then the mesh fixed with a staple gun. There is a lid that fits inside the top of the frames, supported by the overlapping mesh. Panels are tied together with garden wire but a better method is about to go on trial any day.
When not in use as cages the side panels are used as rabbit fence round lettuce,chicory etc. I have 8 sets, couldn't raise anything without them.
Allan