Does home extension have ideas or help on getting rid of voles?

I have been creating a native woodland garden in my backyard for the last two years. This past summer, asiatic garden beetles almost destroyed everything I've planted, skeletonizing my golden ragwort, green and gold, zig zag golden rod, and white wood/heart leaf asters. They also significantly damaged my foam flower, blue mist flower, woodland sunflowers and heucherra and even seemed to be feasting on my clethra and ferns. About the only plants they didn't seem to be attacking were native trees and non-native species. I spent three weeks out every night for several hours with a head lamp on hand picking the beetles off the plants. By doing so I managed to save some, but not all, of the plants. Looking ahead to next summer, I know the beetles I didn't get are now underground as grubs and will emerge again. I cannot continue to sacrifice my nights for weeks on end to hand pick these pests off my plants. What are some other options? Any advice most appreciated - thank you!

I'm not sure of how i can revive this plant.

I'm not sure why my plant is now dying. Please help save her.

My lawn care company (that provides regular and ongoing fertilization and weed control applications throughout the year) just called me advising that I should hire them to treat my lawn for mites this year, as "this will be an especially bad year" for mites.  They at first suggested 4 applications of mite control, but after discussing, they said that as we have recently received a good dumping of moisture, we could skip the application for November, do one in December, and see from there.

Is this a beneficial treatment, or are they just selling me a (un-necessary) service?  

Thanks!

David

The client has rats getting into her chicken coop. They are unable to access the chicken feed but are still getting into the coop. She has covered their entry ways with metal but they continue to gnaw their way into the coop.

I have a 50 yr old Norway Spruce. For a couple of years I noticed that the o side of the tree was getting sparse looking. You could kind of see through it. Now we just noticed the needles all over the tree are turning brown. I looked under a magnifying glass at green and brown needles and saw no black spots, nothing. The green needles look perfectly healthy. What is the problem?? Could it be the drought. We had a plumbing problem in the spring and there was a bit of digging around the tree then.

The client requested information about growing blueberries.

Caller asked if we could provide her with up-to-date information regarding the prevalence of ticks throughout the year in New Hampshire. She does not have internet, so I said we could mail the information. If we do need to call her for any reason, she asked that we please let the phone ring 8-10 rings.

How can i ĝet rid of white fruit flies? They are laying eggs on my collard greens..