Inhabitants
Challenging Inhabitants
![Mice and voles.](https://blankiet.com/wp-content/uploads/inhabitants_micevoles.png)
Field Mice, Voles, and Gophers: These pests relentlessly eat the soft bark of young vines, burrowing under them, cutting roots and potentially exposing them to diseases.
REMEDIES USING NATURE
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Red Tail Hawks: Tall perches are staked throughout the vineyard, luring them to survey the grounds during the day.
Barn Owls and Grey Horned Owls: Nesting boxes are positioned in the vineyard, inviting these birds to hunt at night.
Coyotes, Foxes and Bobcats: Water drinking troughs are installed in the vineyard to entice these critters to visit, drink and control the rabbit population.
Challenging Inhabitants
![Grasshopper and moth.](https://blankiet.com/wp-content/uploads/inhabitants_insects1.png)
Grapevines are prone to many diseases that are transmitted by flying insects such as the feared glassy-winged sharpshooter, a grass hopper vector of the devastating Pierce disease. The European Grape Moth is also capable of serious damage in a vineyard.
Our Solution Using Nature
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We installed dozens of small nesting boxes in the vineyard to attract Bluebirds. They are fiercely territorial and feast on flying insects.
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