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Moles - eridicate at all costs?

Posted on 26 May, 2008 3 comments

These furry creatures seem to bring out homicidal tendencies in otherwise rational people.Of course no-one wants their garden invaded but what is the main problem? If they never surfaced then there probably wouldnt be one.On the contrary we would welcome them as there is no evidence they eat shoots and roots and often feed on grubs that do. So because they produce mole hills( the best top soil you ll find anywhere with never a stone in it) this gives us the right to poison, gas, trap, electrocute them.
The most sensitive area on a mole is their nose – living underground they are almost blind. They are quite methodical in their disposal of earth as they intend to increase their range by use of previously constructed tunnels.So block the tunnels – they dont go round corners they retreat.Especially if tunnels blocked with an item that would cause damage to their noses.Use a broom handle to locate direction from previous hill push a sprig of holly into tunnel and repeat process producing a green underground barrier they will not push past.If you live next to open farmland and see them advancing a trench with holly along your boundary will deter them.

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Irish

26 May, 2008

we dont have a problem with moles over here, basically because we dont have any lol. your way does sound much more environmentally friendly than poisoning them or gassing them out.

Trudy

27 May, 2008

How deep are they underground. I was going to put the landscaper edgin around my beds thinking this would keep them out. Am I right??? I have several little creatures in my front yard that I think are chipmunks. they live in holes and I see them come up occasionally. Will they harm my bulbs or other fowers and if so what can I do about them?

Bonkersbon

27 May, 2008

Hi Trudy well no expert and certainly not on your underground visitors in US.Safe to say that if they can dig can get under landscape edging.May not emerge through
sheeting laid to suppress weeds- not sure if this used in US or called by another name? Chipmunks eat nuts dont they? So not sure they will eat bulbs doubt it.My comments based on moles in UK but know they are a problem in US/Can and some of the sites for killing them really inhumane.Farmers even claim mole hills can damage agricultural machinery! So I can go over one with a lawnmower but their 30 ton combine or tractor cant...please.

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