moles, moles and more moles

madlyn

over the past week my lawn and borders have been the play ground of a mole. and it is driving me mad.
doeas anyone have any advice on how i can stop the thing.

wallbash

Did you ever see Jasper Carrot and his advice on Moles ?? might give you some ideas.

Davesnave

madlyn wrote: »

doeas anyone have any advice on how i can stop the thing.

There are many annoying garden pests, and while moles are certainly in there, big-time, they also fall into the sub-set 'indestructible.'

Of course, there will be others along soon who'll disagree. However, they are wrong.

If you can't learn to love your mole, I'm afraid you'll just have to cover your garden with paving slabs, or move.

Itismehonest

madlyn wrote: »

over the past week my lawn and borders have been the play ground of a mole. and it is driving me mad.
doeas anyone have any advice on how i can stop the thing.

Google "Mole catcher East Midlands" (I see that's where you are) or check this site http://www.guildofbritishmolecatchers.co.uk/

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

There are many annoying garden pests, and while moles are certainly in there, big-time, they also fall into the sub-set 'indestructible.'

Of course, there will be others along soon who'll disagree. However, they are wrong.

If you can't learn to love your mole, I'm afraid you'll just have to cover your garden with paving slabs, or move.

I have an amazing cat. And no moles...anymore. We used to have moles in th fields too.....not any more.

Funnily enough, I quite like moles and wish she'd leave them be.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Funnily enough, I quite like moles and wish she'd leave them be.

You can always send her on holiday here.:) I'm one cat down ATM and the other one's always been a free loader :mad:

The only mole killed here came up in the chicken run! :rotfl:

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

You can always send her on holiday here.:) I'm one cat down ATM and the other one's always been a free loader :mad:

The only mole killed here came up in the chicken run! :rotfl:

You have asked to borrow her before dave. Next time you are passing drop in and meet her.

betsie

A friend of ours was told to put dog poo down the hole. He had tried everything but this worked for him. Don't waste your money on traps or electronic devices all rubbish. We had one which my OH got as saw it digging at dusk it didn't suffer the hoe got him.

Herongull

When I read the title of the thread, I thought you had a skin complaint.

PZH

Davesnave wrote: »

Of course, there will be others along soon who'll disagree. However, they are wrong...

betsie wrote: »

Don't waste your money on traps...

Well, a mole trap like this worked for me.

I carefully opened the top of a FRESH molehill, inserted the trap down the shaft so it covered the horizontal run, and next day the mole had been despatched with a broken neck. Try not to handle the trap to much and certainly not with un-gloved hands as they can smell it.

Never had a problem since.

Davesnave

PZH wrote: »

Well, a mole trap like this worked for me.

Yup, got those, did the glove bit, know all about it....:)

Doesn't work!

My problem is that our moles very rarely re-trace their steps,; they just keep going. I can only think this is because we have very friable soil and relatively few worms. Also, the regular run thing doesn't work too well if it's forever caving-in.

We also have a couple of fields, so an almost inexhaustible supply of moles. :mad:

Not as many as voles,though. I can shove my arm into the hedgerow soil, right up to the elbow. Riddled with holes, that is, but things still grow.