Dave in Washington wrote > How about trying a double whammy, and using some excess (or cheap, > bulk, end >of season) crocus bulbs as the bait. They seem to like them, and might >learn to >avoid them. I tried soaking both cheap crocus and tulip bulbs in bittering compound and some in capsicum (red pepper) wax and planting the groups, alongside untreated bulbs. I noted no difference (very small N, however) in the number eaten by voles. I have read that birds do not detect bitter tastes; perhaps these rodents are the same. Jane McGary