How incredibly frustrating! These stinkin' mice have decimated our sweet corn crop. They are so voracious that they eat through the green husks, eat the silk, then just hoss-down on every single kernel of corn. At this point more than 1/2 of the crop is gone and the rest is getting over-taken by ants. The mice have pierced enough corn to create a sweet mess - which is attracting the ants - and they're feasting too.
I've tried trapping them and even (gasp!) poisoning them, but the food supply is far too abundant for them to die off. I'm in real trouble here because once they exhaust the corn, what's next? Our tomatoes? Or maybe even the pumpkins that we have growing. I'm fearful that these little jerks will run the rest of the harvest.
Have you tried negotiating? Trade a few tomatoes?
ReplyDeleteHa! Great idea.
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