What I have learned from the video cameras is that both rats and mice are formidable diggers! But it is not the digging that is the issue, it is small spaces where two pieces of hardware cloth come together that create the opportunity for entry.
I assume it is the change in season but it seems like in the last few weeks hundreds of these little critters want to
Yes, I was thinking about planting peppermint around the outside, but I haven't given up on the aspiration of complete exclusion. The cameras tell me where they are digging and that usually means there is a gap between two pieces of hardware cloth that I can patch.
