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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
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 Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 7:24:21 PM
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| The moles have virtually destroyed my garden. Last year was a nightmare. Anyone have any tips for killing moles in a vegetable garden? I have tried drowning them out. I got a few, but not enough. |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 7:33:33 PM
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Kerri - My husband SWEARS the chicken wire fence he installed for me last year made all the difference. We didn't have a single mole after that! He dug the chicken wire in, burying it about 6 inches down into the dirt all the way around the perimeter. It also kept out the other critters we were having trouble with like rabbits and a big ol' determined ground hog. We had tried drowning them out, we had tried mothballs, nothing worked. A good friend gave us a whole bunch of chicken wire that he had sitting in his garage, so I can't give you any idea as to what it might cost you to do it, but believe me - it works!!! Good luck! - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 7:57:11 PM
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We spread moth moles all around the garden. It came them away for a while. Good luck.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Farmer Judy
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Judy
North Aurora
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 9:47:46 PM
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Spearmint gum, One of my fellow gardeners at a gardeninbg club saw moles in her site and put chewed spearmint gum outside the hole and when they get it they eat it and cannot digest it and die.
God bless,
Judy
Farmgirl #3666
Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2013 : 06:59:49 AM
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Caster oil put it in a garden sprayer and saturate the area the are in the will not eat in the area you spray and will move on. But that said you are just relocating them not killing.
Diana
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
686 Posts
Emily
Thomasville
PA
USA
686 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2013 : 5:29:03 PM
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Thanks so much for putting the information about the putting the fence 6 inches into the ground. We have a massive rabbit problem here and we know that we have to put up a fence this year, just we were unsure of the details. Thanks so much!
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2013 : 9:12:50 PM
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I had a problem with gophers and I put Oleander leaves in the hole and the leaves disappeared, so did the gopher. They love them but they are poison.
I have heard you can put Juicy Fruit gum in the hole and they will eat the wrapper and everything. It will kill them. Just use gloves so you don't leave your scent on the piece of gum.
Also I got one of those beeping things you put in the garden and it looks like a yard light, that must be working too.
Terri
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2013 : 9:42:16 PM
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uugghhh! I have 5 acres of gophers! hubby uses traps to kill them,,, but we have finally resigned ourselves to having to use poison... we live out in old wheat farm lands,,, many of which have been left to return to unplanted fields,,, and so the rodents have re-populated and until the coyote & hawk/owl/eagle populations grows these gophers will continue to be very distructive.... I have lost many trees because of them... It is a major concern for the safety of the horses around us too.
Now that being said, I had heard that if you stuff used litter litter down the hole it will cause the gophers to tunnel else where... has anyone tried this yet? I might give it a try... goodness knows w/2 kitties I have plenty poopy scoopy at my disposal,, lol!
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HemetGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
573 Posts
Terri
Hemet
CA
USA
573 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2013 : 12:03:50 PM
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Grace,
Someone did mention putting used kitty litter down the holes. My yard is so small I would smell it all the time, but it may work for you.
Terri
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rubyleesmom
True Blue Farmgirl
190 Posts
Colina
Homosassa
FL
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2013 : 6:35:20 PM
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| Had an issue with that one time and someone gave us a magazine (i think it was Country Store or something similar to that name) that sells a metal windmill with a marble in kne end of the top. When the wind blows the thing spins and makes the marble rattle and the moles hate the noise and disappear. Wish I could remember the name of the magazine cuz it really worked for us and they were a pretty cheap investment! Good luck! |
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