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Garden Gate:  How do I get rid of moles?  |
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
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linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
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 Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 12:15:05 PM
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Does anyone know how to get rid of moles? They are moving all over my yard. Someone told me to put bubble gum in there tunnels. That didn't work. I am already dreading what my yard will look like this year.
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bertha
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bertha
St Joseph
Mi
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 12:28:59 PM
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| The way to keep them away is get a product from the farm store called GRUB killer and put it over your grass with a fertilizer spteader The moles will not bother you if the have no source of food This will work Take care Bertha Bush |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 12:35:33 PM
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I don't have any advice other than what Bertha said. I hope that works as I know how bad mole hills can get!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 12:42:42 PM
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WE used to have a wicked mole problem years ago, I was told that is you put human hair clippings down their holes, they would leave. This was in something like Mother Earth News years ago. You were supposed to go beg sweepings from a barber. I had been thinking of putting alarm colocks next to their holes. I don't like to use pesticides, but that may be the only way. i never did go beg hair from the barber....Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 2:31:28 PM
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We have an awful mole problem here too. I have used GRUB killer in the past, but not last year. That's when the little buggers moved in. I guess it's time to use it again before one of us breaks an ankle!
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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NancyM
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
Fall City
WA
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Posted - Mar 17 2008 : 9:09:05 PM
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Unfortunately moles are nearly impossible to get rid of. If you get rid of one, another moves into the existing tunnels. There is no scientific proof that any of the folk remedies work. Body grip mole traps do work, although I know they are illegal in Washington. Personally I'd rather deal with mole hills than poison. Look on the bright side-mole activity means you have healthy soil
For the record, I hate the little buggars too. I had a record 76 mounds made in my yard in one week. I was thinking a nice mole eating dog, but they tend to make the holes even worse.
Nancy
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 04:16:30 AM
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I bought some mole poison a few years ago, but when I read that it shouldn't be used where children play I decided not to use it. My grandchildren are all over my yard. I also have 2 mole traps, but they haven't worked so far. They are so hard to set. I still plan on checking out the grub killer.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 08:42:10 AM
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Wow...I don't have an answer. I know that you have to eliminate their food source, which is grubs, and unless you find a green way, then that means pesticides. We had them so terrible one year that my flower beds, the yard, all looked like a miniature "war game" my husband had going on. There were times I'd head out into the garden and he'd say, "Where are you working today?" I'd tell him and he'd say, "Alright, just don't go near the Irises...I've got smoke bombs and traps set up there...." I haven't seen any in awhile but I don't think it's from my husband's diligence :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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mommatracy
True Blue Farmgirl
490 Posts
Tracy
My. Olive
NC
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 08:58:00 AM
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Folks around here swear by these mole removal methods:
1. Roll up juicy fruit gum and place in holes. They eat it and die.
2. Place ex-lax in holes and the diahrreah they experience sends them running and not wanting to return to that location again.
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 6:16:47 PM
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I've heard of voles. I wonder if that's what I have. Do you try to get rid of them same way as moles?
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Corinnelouise
True Blue Farmgirl
957 Posts
Corinne
France
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 02:43:04 AM
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Hello Linda, good to see you here. We got rid of moles a few years ago with a dog, an Airdale, who whas chasing them as a sport, he ate a few, they left... but that is sometimes not an option.
Corinne
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 03:25:01 AM
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Our cat seems to take care of the problem.
Was kind of weird to be walking in the yard and feel the earth shift a little from all the tunnels.
The last mole our Sammy caught was 3 weeks ago. It was HUGE!
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 07:16:08 AM
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| I am taking a Master Gardener class, and the ladt teaching the section onn pests just smiled when asked about moles & said "traps". She said that is the only tried & true way. |
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 09:39:25 AM
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Wow, now I'm really worried that I won't be able to get rid of them. We don't have a dog. My neighbor has 5 outside cats and they show no interest in hunting them. I think she feeds them too well. I think I'm going to try grub killer. I will let you know if it works for me.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 11:38:21 AM
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| Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the lady in my master gardener class said that moles also like earthworms, so unless you want to de-worm your yard, killing grubs will only marginally help. |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2008 : 09:09:13 AM
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I learned off of Public TV from, I believe his name is Jerry Baker, "America's Master Gardener" was to use used kitty liter. If you have a cat or a neighbor with a cat, the kitty liter they scoop out put down the hole of the mole, every hole you find. The smell is of one of the mole's predators and they will move out. I have done it and it worked, unfortunately for my neighbor they moved next door :) Since I have 3 cats, I have plenty to use.
Anne in Portland Oregon
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 03:38:29 AM
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Look up Gemplers.com
I have mentioned them before
They sell a mole bait that has the look and feel of earthworms. 5 come in 1 package
Haven't tried 'em but if you are desperate might be worth looking into
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feedsack4ever
Farmgirl in Training
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linda
opdyke
illinois
USA
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2008 : 06:47:30 AM
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My two cats keep our moles away. Before I got them (my cats), our yard was a mess!, front and back. Now we get a little "gift" every now and then, but our yard is much better!
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"A friend is someone who does things that count, but never stops to count them"
Farmgirl #152
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Edited by - Tammy Claxton on Mar 27 2008 06:49:00 AM |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 7:44:16 PM
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My sister sticks her water hose down in a nearby run and eventually one pops up and she hammers it on the head and then she moves on to the next one. It's been working for her. A new trick she tried about 4 years ago and still going strong.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
www.mikkijo.etsy.com
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2008 : 7:22:10 PM
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You can have my mother's rambuctious beagle, Henry. He got two moles today....it's seems a bit early, but I guess his nose just waited them out!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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ameliad80
Farmgirl in Training
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amelia
washington
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Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 09:13:43 AM
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| I have heard that traps are the only way to get rid of them. They are illegal here but I still see them in stores. We have them really bad too. |
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elah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Emily
SW
Michigan
USA
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