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the HERALD Wednesday October 16 1991 Community Town Gardener Rodent control should start in the fall Herald spring I field questions on how to control rodents in the garden The ususal statements like My lawn looks like the Pans railway map or Is there anything I tan do for my tree it has been girdled by miee come in the door as steady as the cluster fly in fall The hardest part about helping these poor souls is that preven tion takes plate in the fall not spr There are many ways you can clean your garden of these pests but you will never eradicate them permanently Mice rats moles voles rabbits and deer can be controlled but you never give up the battle to be successful at overwintering your garden It really is discouraging to plant a specimen only to wake up in ing and discover that you served a delicacy little vermin SANITATION Sanitation is the first place you must Irate your efforts in order to root their nesting areas With mulches you pull the material away from the stem and paint the bark with rodent repellent Obvious nesting areas like the compost must be over turned regularly and keep the grass cut down near these areas Keep all pet foods and livestock feed in metal con Passive Reducing Salon OCT SPECIAL Tann Tanning Sessions 3 European Body Wraps Spa Facial Reg Mot 8734907 116GuelphSt Georgetown We understand the stress that you feel when unhappy events cause you to make a claim and I try to act with speed and care SHELLEY WHEELER I YOUR INSURANCE BROKER I UNDERSTAND PAUL C ARMSTRONG INSURANCE BROKERS LTD MILL ST Hilton HiUsGcorptoNn OnUiio 0U3 tamers Piles of prunmgs can also provide nesting areas for rodents so eltan and rotate these so you don I the hot spot for your local garden variety pests leaves an burn them with a permit then spread the ashes around plants you wish to protect They don t like fire or the smell of it My grandfather told me farmers used to catch them and torch them on a stick and prop them up to ward of any ro dent relatives seeking out refuge in their barns I guess back those days one became resourteful inordertosurvive TRAPS AM POISONS By disturbing the nesting areas or runs they travel they will become disorientated and be more likely to take poison bate Pre baiting is a good way of luring them to eating the poison bate I have tried this method with traps to rid my kitchen of a tough mouse we nick named Maytag since it was identified sneaking around the dishwasher The little mouse louth the trap so placed cream cheese on a cracker to fat ten him up then one day I replac the with a typical mouse trap and Maytag was history Alternatives to poisons are deterrents like Scoot which is a paint you put on bark When a mouse or rabbit lake a bite they dislike the taste and move on to neighbors house for their mid winter snack Scoot can also be applied by spraying it on the foliage of yews a favorite of deer Tree collars and wraps will physically keep them out pro viding the snow line ex the area you are protecting is an organic source of nitrogen thai has repeatedly proven itself effective ing rodents because it has the scent of death and they will back down no matter what There is one downfall to bloodmeal you must apply it regularly to be ef fective Organic controls tend to work that way thus the reason why they t harmful to the environment these dissipate readily Job Finding Glub to start in Georgetown On November the Georgetown Canada Employ ment Centre and Information Dufferm will jointly open a JOB ENDING CLLB funded through the Canadian Jobs Strategy The JOB FINDING will develop the job search techniques of those clients who are motivated job ready and have a definite career goal In addition he program will reinforce the oral written and presentation skills of the members of the Club The JOB FINDING CLLB is a structured three program that allows clients to demote the full effort required for a sue cessful job search During the sessions clients wjj learn hou to search for jobs such means as 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