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Jan 17, 2011 12:14:37 GMT
Post by Rosie on Jan 17, 2011 12:14:37 GMT
I know i posted this subject in the old forum but i thought i'd put it here too. The new garden has many mole hills, what was your solutions again? I don't want to hurt the wee things but the grass looks like the mini alps at the moment  |
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Jan 17, 2011 12:22:24 GMT
Post by candyblue on Jan 17, 2011 12:22:24 GMT
I know i posted this subject in the old forum but i thought i'd put it here too. The new garden has many mole hills, what was your solutions again? I don't want to hurt the wee things but the grass looks like the mini alps at the moment We had this problem last year at the allotment and my OH put the hosepipe down there for ages, I know its not really very nice but I preferred it to the poisons |
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Jan 17, 2011 12:25:14 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 17, 2011 12:25:14 GMT
You can buy battery operated scarers which sink in the ground. The moles are supposed not like the sound and move off. I've also heard that sprinkling garlic powder into their runs will discourage them. I've tried most things with little success.
Even if you killed them, more would move in so I've learned to live with mine now.
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Jan 17, 2011 12:44:21 GMT
Post by Rosie on Jan 17, 2011 12:44:21 GMT
I really don't want to hurt them as they are just so cute, and they were here before me so i may just leave them be.
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Jan 17, 2011 12:50:47 GMT
Post by esther on Jan 17, 2011 12:50:47 GMT
I know this isn't going to be much help Rosie... Before the houses were built at the bottom of our garden we used to get Moles- especially in the drive which was mainly clinker and rough soil. You could actually see the moles moving along just under the surface. I didn't want to kill them but perfected a technique with a half moon edger of flicking them out of the ground! I then scooped them up in a bucket and took them for a walk ! They are beautiful little creatures - their fur is like velvet  I only have these in the garden now ;D     |
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Jan 17, 2011 12:55:49 GMT
Post by Rosie on Jan 17, 2011 12:55:49 GMT
They are very cute Esther!! i will keep using the soil they dig up for my raised beds...once i get them!
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Jan 17, 2011 13:00:11 GMT
Post by Geranium on Jan 17, 2011 13:00:11 GMT
I've read about all sorts of deterrents - sprigs of holly in the holes, garlic powder/curry powder, sonic devices. Do any of them work?
Just curious, really - We have badger problems, >:(but not moles.
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Jan 17, 2011 14:51:32 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 17, 2011 14:51:32 GMT
You could try some things Rosie, they might work for you. I tried the sonic things, garlic powder, burying bottles and humane traps but none of them worked. I wish I could see mine like Esther can and just flip them out of the garden.
In a way I invited them with all of the compost and manure I dig into my garden, it must be like mole heaven, I'm not going to kill them for doing what moles do.
My garden is not neat and tidy so we have learned to cohabit.
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Jan 17, 2011 15:03:43 GMT
Post by Geranium on Jan 17, 2011 15:03:43 GMT
I suspect we had a mole last summer - I kept finding 'humps' like tunnels at one side of the garden. I don't know what happened to it , though. What else could it have been?
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Jan 17, 2011 19:42:35 GMT
Post by Cherry on Jan 17, 2011 19:42:35 GMT
I call the professional mole man when I get 50 or more. I almost break my ankle on the hollows they make and nearly killed myself in the dark last night on a new molehill en route to compost bin. He kills them by trapping them, but I have to get rid of them. I agree they are pretty little things, but when it is a mole hill every metre, that is far too many.
The trap is meant to be humane, but it isn't. They are not allowed to use poisoned worms any more and this was quick and efficient.
It is paid for with the Fen insurance. Ditch clearing is included in this.
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Jan 17, 2011 20:06:30 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 17, 2011 20:06:30 GMT
Quite a few years ago I contacted a 'mole man' to see if he could kill mine, it was when he gave me the price and said new ones would move in straight away that I decided to live with them.
I've lost count of the times I've twisted my ankle on a collapsed tunnel.
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Jan 18, 2011 9:29:05 GMT
Post by Rosie on Jan 18, 2011 9:29:05 GMT
Oh heck, hope i don't fall over one of them! i'm pretty gormless so it wouldn't surprise me |
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Jan 18, 2011 12:07:28 GMT
Post by Cherry on Jan 18, 2011 12:07:28 GMT
Rosie I twist my ankle and fall into the hollows made when the moles tunnel and I trip and fall over the hills, if it is dark. We never allow them onto the airstrip of course. You can buy the same traps as the mole man uses, but I think when you do more in the garden they will move on. I think we are coming into breeding season.
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Jan 18, 2011 17:43:53 GMT
Post by merlin on Jan 18, 2011 17:43:53 GMT
For what good some of those 'friendly' way of getting rid of them is, you may as well try asking the politely to go. I use the standard trap, as with a mouse trap it's quick. They have an extraordinary sense of smell so you need to follow instructions carefully.
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Jan 19, 2011 13:08:19 GMT
Post by Cherry on Jan 19, 2011 13:08:19 GMT
For what good some of those 'friendly' way of getting rid of them is, you may as well try asking the politely to go. I use the standard trap, as with a mouse trap it's quick. They have an extraordinary sense of smell so you need to follow instructions carefully. Merlin mole traps are not quick. I have seen some of them waving to and fro until the mole is dead. |
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