Making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Little b
ds.
'Luckliy' for me half the moles in the county appear to have decided that our garden is the place to spend some quality time, hence our lawn is doing a very good impression of the Somme
There are a lot of mole hills in the area but for some reason they really, REALLY like our garden with at least 10x as many mole hills as the adjoining properties.
I've been using a mole 'buzzer' with some degree of success over the past six months but with being slow to replace the batteries over the past few weeks they have come back with a vengeance.
As you can see a substantial amount of earth was moved overnight! Yesterday there was the same amount of earth but I'd cleared that away..
I'm loathe to pay a mole catcher as a neighbour has used one with limited success, he did catch a few but others would return very soon after.
They obviously like to feed in the garden so is there a way to remove the food source?
Failing that I may just buy more buzzy things to move them on elsewhere.
ds.'Luckliy' for me half the moles in the county appear to have decided that our garden is the place to spend some quality time, hence our lawn is doing a very good impression of the Somme
There are a lot of mole hills in the area but for some reason they really, REALLY like our garden with at least 10x as many mole hills as the adjoining properties.
I've been using a mole 'buzzer' with some degree of success over the past six months but with being slow to replace the batteries over the past few weeks they have come back with a vengeance.
As you can see a substantial amount of earth was moved overnight! Yesterday there was the same amount of earth but I'd cleared that away..
I'm loathe to pay a mole catcher as a neighbour has used one with limited success, he did catch a few but others would return very soon after.
They obviously like to feed in the garden so is there a way to remove the food source?
Failing that I may just buy more buzzy things to move them on elsewhere.
Simpo Two said:
raf_gti said:
They obviously like to feed in the garden so is there a way to remove the food source?
Frankly I'd live it; eventually they'll get bored and move on.Simpo Two said:
The lawn should be mostly still there, underneath the hills. Just brush as much soil as you can back down the holes, then spread the rest about with a stiff broom and call it 'top dressing'!
Tried that last year and it looked awful 
God, I'm sounding a right pessimist here!
Simpo Two said:
raf_gti said:
They obviously like to feed in the garden so is there a way to remove the food source?
You can buy lawn insecticides (well you could before anything effective was banned). Frankly I'd live it; eventually they'll get bored and move on.And I think you'll find that they is an 'it',Moles only get together for a bit of 'nookie' and otherwise lead a solitary life.
This year I fancy trying some some mole smokes to try and get rid of the little b*****d.
netherfield said:
Simpo Two said:
raf_gti said:
They obviously like to feed in the garden so is there a way to remove the food source?
You can buy lawn insecticides (well you could before anything effective was banned). Frankly I'd live it; eventually they'll get bored and move on.And I think you'll find that they is an 'it',Moles only get together for a bit of 'nookie' and otherwise lead a solitary life.
This year I fancy trying some some mole smokes to try and get rid of the little b*****d.
Wait till you see one being made and then run out and plunge your fork in and around the hill. You may get the little sucker.
Or get a specialist to put down stricknine laced worms.
Or smoke bombs
Your garden looks to be of a size where you can put chickenwire down to a depth of 3 foot around the edge of your garden so once you have got rid of them, they won't come back.
Or get a specialist to put down stricknine laced worms.
Or smoke bombs
Your garden looks to be of a size where you can put chickenwire down to a depth of 3 foot around the edge of your garden so once you have got rid of them, they won't come back.
My sister's cats used to catch moles (presumably clawing them out of a growing hill by the nose - not nice) and brought them home, alive, for her benefit.
A quick Google brought up everything you need to know about moles and one of many trap vendors. http://www.moletrapsonline.co.uk/index.htm
This is full of fairly apocalyptic imagery - "these creatures are completely liberated to reproduce to outbreak proportions. Moles have been accounted showing in locations that formerly had never had a Mole trouble—gardens, grass edges, bowling greens, playing grounds, have entirely been attacked. The previously delicately manicured lawns have been decreased to pile scattered eyesores—with an immeasurable supply of new molehills.
Perhaps this is the explanation of your megahill - assuming the moles have been knocked out of sync by the rich diet under your garden you've got a fortress; "During April and May, the young ones are born in an extra-huge molehill, constructed by the mother and known as a fortress". Sounds like you're about to be overwhelmed - let us know if the kitchen floor starts to heave.
You could try chasing it by digging, but you'd need to be fast if this is true "Sensitive to the slightest vibration, moles quickly disappear underground and can excavate as fast as 1 foot per minute and can travel through existing tunnels at 80 feet/minute"
A quick Google brought up everything you need to know about moles and one of many trap vendors. http://www.moletrapsonline.co.uk/index.htm
This is full of fairly apocalyptic imagery - "these creatures are completely liberated to reproduce to outbreak proportions. Moles have been accounted showing in locations that formerly had never had a Mole trouble—gardens, grass edges, bowling greens, playing grounds, have entirely been attacked. The previously delicately manicured lawns have been decreased to pile scattered eyesores—with an immeasurable supply of new molehills.
Perhaps this is the explanation of your megahill - assuming the moles have been knocked out of sync by the rich diet under your garden you've got a fortress; "During April and May, the young ones are born in an extra-huge molehill, constructed by the mother and known as a fortress". Sounds like you're about to be overwhelmed - let us know if the kitchen floor starts to heave.
You could try chasing it by digging, but you'd need to be fast if this is true "Sensitive to the slightest vibration, moles quickly disappear underground and can excavate as fast as 1 foot per minute and can travel through existing tunnels at 80 feet/minute"
netherfield said:
Unfortunately the food source is worms,you'll have a hard job removing all of them.
You're right; our slippery friends Lumbricus terrestris et al can be 'blown to the surface' by watering with a dilute solution of formaldehyde. It's amazing what comes up; they really don't like it. I know this because I have done it, in a previous life, and left big yellow squares all over the front lawn of a country house!
So the options are:
1) Moles
2) Big yellow squares
nomisesor said:
Perhaps this is the explanation of your megahill - assuming the moles have been knocked out of sync by the rich diet under your garden you've got a fortress; "During April and May, the young ones are born in an extra-huge molehill, constructed by the mother and known as a fortress". Sounds like you're about to be overwhelmed - let us know if the kitchen floor starts to heave.
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