I am going through all my gardening e-mails so I am sorry for the late response. I have to say that I do not have an educated answer for you. But based on what you wrote below I'd guess that you'd have to create a barrier between the raised bed and the original ground. If the conventional flower bed requires the sides with a barrier I see no reason why a vole wouldn't also dig up from the ground into your raised flower bed.

Jamie

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Judith Duke <dukejudith@yahoo.com> wrote:

I've been wanting to dig up the backyard for vegetable gardening but have been put off by the amount of work allegedly required for vole combat (and my yard is definitely Vole City): online research recommends digging down a foot or so and lining sides of the bed with hardware cloth, etc. It's not clear, however, whether that's required for raised beds as well as ground-level gardening.

Does anybody have experience in this regard? I'd certainly welcome any advice.

Thanks,

Judy

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