moles, how do you get rid of them?

boombap

Aw! To be honest I'd be happy for the little fellas to take up residence in the garden but I don't think my Dad's as much as a sop as me!

ss70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fePU5CIHpas

mr_magoo_5

We had major mole problems a few years back and tried everything to no avail. Until I was told by an old timer the best way is to get a mole trap. I got one from the local agricultural supplies. It’s a metal trap that is very sensitive and powerful, please be careful when setting one!
You need to dig carefully near to the molehill, approx couple of feet, locating the tunnel; this can be guessed by eyeing up between two hills. Once you have located the tunnel, a hole only the size of the trap is required as you insert the trap so as it becomes part of the tunnel. You need to dirty the trap and your hands with the soil when touching anything as moles have a fantastic nose and will not come anywhere near if it can smell you!
I’ll repeat, be very careful setting the trap as they are very sensitive and will hurt!
Cover the hole with a board so as to cut out light etc also make sure children and pets cannot access the hole and leave well alone. Go back once a day to check, don’t worry if you don’t get him straight away as he will come back as they are territorial and cover very large areas, be patient.
I must admit I felt sorry for the fellas when I caught them, as now I have great respect, they are very difficult to catch and they sure can dig. I felt a sense of achievement as I genuinely felt I would never catch them and the damage to the lawns was getting worse the more I tried to get him ,it felt as if he was goading me .I’d flatten 2 holes one day and the next would be 3! I was getting really angry, he was clearly winning!
Good luck! You would be surprised the amount of people that said they would pay me to catch their moles.

mcspanna

Probably not a great one for the money-saving but apparently effective; use the musical 'bit' out of a musical birthday card and wedge it in the hole ('open' so it's playing it's tune) the moles can't stand the frequency and will move on...

tomsolomon

Wait till they stick their head out, and whack em with a shovel.........................:D

mardatha

I have been told that too Tom. But one, I cant hurt them and two, I cant stand out the back garden for 3 days waiting on\them !

BlondeHeadOn

Plant euphorbias, moles are supposed not to like the smell:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/profiles1000/moles.asp

http://www.nomorepests.co.uk/ProtectingYourGardenAgainstRabbitsAndMoles.html

I must say that we had a big mole problem in our garden and planted some euphorbias - no more moles. Until we had a really wet winter and the euphorbia died. Then the moles came back, but not for a while.

The other tip I found that worked was if you decide to use the mole traps. Before we tried the euphorbia we ended up using a trap, as like you my OH was devastated at the state of his beautiful lawn. So OH set trap and killed mole, and disposed of sad little furry body.

Within a week though we had some new molehills, as another mole seemed to have moved into the prime real estate and taken up residence. So OH trapped and killed mole again, and disposed of another sad little furry body. (I didn't like this bit at all!)

Then new molehills started appearing again...

So I suggested leaving the sad little furry body IN the ground rather than removing and disposing of it, in case this 'put off' any other possibly moley residents (they are supposed to be quite territorial). This actually worked well, and there was a long gap before any evidence of new mole activity occurred.

Don't know if any of this helps, but good luck!

kazwookie

I was always told 'you need a man with a ferret', not sure if it works, as I have never tried it!

Or I could loan you my neighbours son, he plays his drums at 11pm! for about an hour or so!...........on my way round tonight to have a 'discussion' about the time of all this!!