Things I did today: Outwitted a mole.
Discussion
Aye, Karma points scored there methinks, as angry as the beasties may drive you, seeing them helpless on the grass like that would melt most hearts I reckon!
I regularly have to go into my small garden to fill in holes that I think Foxes keep digging, as I've found a few clumps of fox fur just now near one of the holes. I presume they are looking for bugs or something, as they don't crap in the holes they dig.
I'm sure the mole will be having a nice time digging more holes in the forest!
I regularly have to go into my small garden to fill in holes that I think Foxes keep digging, as I've found a few clumps of fox fur just now near one of the holes. I presume they are looking for bugs or something, as they don't crap in the holes they dig.
I'm sure the mole will be having a nice time digging more holes in the forest!
Well done Pat! After all it's still one of God's great creatures great or small.
I'm having the same quandary with a fat bird who keeps visiting my garden.
My industrious gold and green finches need a cool drink after a hard day's house building, but this fella thinks this is his own private bathroom.
I'm having the same quandary with a fat bird who keeps visiting my garden.
My industrious gold and green finches need a cool drink after a hard day's house building, but this fella thinks this is his own private bathroom.
You should simply have done what my brother and I did many years ago. The topography of the lawn was becoming veritably lunar in appearance, so determined was this little mole to explore our garden. Many hours of effort had been spent laying traps to no avail.
So the natural course of action was, of course, to stick the largest, most explosive firework we could find down the hole, light it, and run. If I remember correctly it was an "air bomb" that we opted for. But since we were sensible chaps, we did of course consider the implications of setting off an explosive below the ground. As such, we took the responsible decision to contain the blast by covering the hole with a sheet of sturdy plasterboard. The explosion was impressively loud, but it did also result in the sturdy plasterboard being sent 100ft into the air and scattered across half an acre.
I do not recall whether or not we got a direct hit on the mole, but I am willing to bet that it had quite a headache.
So the natural course of action was, of course, to stick the largest, most explosive firework we could find down the hole, light it, and run. If I remember correctly it was an "air bomb" that we opted for. But since we were sensible chaps, we did of course consider the implications of setting off an explosive below the ground. As such, we took the responsible decision to contain the blast by covering the hole with a sheet of sturdy plasterboard. The explosion was impressively loud, but it did also result in the sturdy plasterboard being sent 100ft into the air and scattered across half an acre.
I do not recall whether or not we got a direct hit on the mole, but I am willing to bet that it had quite a headache.
Deranged Granny said:
You should simply have done what my brother and I did many years ago. The topography of the lawn was becoming veritably lunar in appearance, so determined was this little mole to explore our garden. Many hours of effort had been spent laying traps to no avail.
So the natural course of action was, of course, to stick the largest, most explosive firework we could find down the hole, light it, and run. If I remember correctly it was an "air bomb" that we opted for. But since we were sensible chaps, we did of course consider the implications of setting off an explosive below the ground. As such, we took the responsible decision to contain the blast by covering the hole with a sheet of sturdy plasterboard. The explosion was impressively loud, but it did also result in the sturdy plasterboard being sent 100ft into the air and scattered across half an acre.
I do not recall whether or not we got a direct hit on the mole, but I am willing to bet that it had quite a headache.
Airbombs. So the natural course of action was, of course, to stick the largest, most explosive firework we could find down the hole, light it, and run. If I remember correctly it was an "air bomb" that we opted for. But since we were sensible chaps, we did of course consider the implications of setting off an explosive below the ground. As such, we took the responsible decision to contain the blast by covering the hole with a sheet of sturdy plasterboard. The explosion was impressively loud, but it did also result in the sturdy plasterboard being sent 100ft into the air and scattered across half an acre.
I do not recall whether or not we got a direct hit on the mole, but I am willing to bet that it had quite a headache.
A part of the staple diet of anyone who has yet to grow up. God pray that we don't.
Mobsta said:
Airbombs.
A part of the staple diet of anyone who has yet to grow up. God pray that we don't.
Amen to that. We probably got it from our father, who had a propensity to aim them so they went off directly above the neighbours' house every bonfire night. He has a lot to answer for.A part of the staple diet of anyone who has yet to grow up. God pray that we don't.
Well done for not killing the little bugger, though personally I would have driven him somewhere a lot further away to make sure he didnt come back!
Our old garden was surrounded by fields (well, the plot of land *was* an ex-field) and used to be plagued with them. We had moderate success with the tunnel traps laid by a pest exterminator man, and other success by dashing out and stabbing moving molehills with a garden fork.
Even though our new house is also surrounded by fields, we dont seem to have ever had any moles. I can only assume this is because this plot is surrounded by tarmac permimiter track and the foundations run too deep for moley mole to penetrate.
OP, can I suggest burying this around the edge of your lawn? (ie push it all the way in so the top is level with the ground, so its not visible to spoil the looks of the garden)
It will have similar effects to the foundations of our access road and hopefully keep the b
ds out (as long as there isnt one currently in the lawn when you insert it!!!)
Our old garden was surrounded by fields (well, the plot of land *was* an ex-field) and used to be plagued with them. We had moderate success with the tunnel traps laid by a pest exterminator man, and other success by dashing out and stabbing moving molehills with a garden fork.
Even though our new house is also surrounded by fields, we dont seem to have ever had any moles. I can only assume this is because this plot is surrounded by tarmac permimiter track and the foundations run too deep for moley mole to penetrate.
OP, can I suggest burying this around the edge of your lawn? (ie push it all the way in so the top is level with the ground, so its not visible to spoil the looks of the garden)
It will have similar effects to the foundations of our access road and hopefully keep the b
ds out (as long as there isnt one currently in the lawn when you insert it!!!)
Fubar1977 said:
Well played Sir.
It`s one thing wanting to beat it to death with a spade when you see the state of your lawn, and quite understandable.
It`s quite another to actually do it when it`s lying helpless in front of you.
100% agree with this. I've shown this to Mrs CH and the Princesses CH (10 & 14) and they all think this is a wonderful story. Well done Sir!It`s one thing wanting to beat it to death with a spade when you see the state of your lawn, and quite understandable.
It`s quite another to actually do it when it`s lying helpless in front of you.
Good post. Nice looking lawn too - what's beyond the low hedging?
I have a couple of acres of striped lawn which is regularly rotovated by badgers, rabbits and moles. Electric fencing keeps the badgers out, shooting deals with rabbits and scissor traps the moles. But I wouldn't brain one with a spade despite hating them. And today I watched two of this seasons rabbits munching grass amongst the daffodils. My rifle was alongside me in the study..... To shoot or not to shoot? Nah. Sun was shining and they were too little.
I've gone equally soft!
I have a couple of acres of striped lawn which is regularly rotovated by badgers, rabbits and moles. Electric fencing keeps the badgers out, shooting deals with rabbits and scissor traps the moles. But I wouldn't brain one with a spade despite hating them. And today I watched two of this seasons rabbits munching grass amongst the daffodils. My rifle was alongside me in the study..... To shoot or not to shoot? Nah. Sun was shining and they were too little.
I've gone equally soft!
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