I'm proud to announce that myself and Madame Admiral are now the proud "owners" of a MOLE.
Three mole hills appeared a couple of days ago followed by another two a few days later.
Whilst we were quite pleased the little fella (girlie?) had decided to visit, everyone we spoke to shook their heads in dismay and strongly advised the "bloody thing" should be got rid of toute suite. Why?
I know they damage the roots of stuff they bump into but what other harm can they be doing?
On the upside I'm told the dirt from a molehill is excellent for potting etc etc.
So.......do I need to indulge in a spot of whackamoley or just leave it to get bored and go and bother our neighbours?
Confused.
Well it depends on how proud you are of your lawn or if you grow your own veg.
They won't eat you veg, but they will keep shoving it out of the way and can cause a lot of loss from your veggie patch. They will also eat your worms and other good workers from your garden.
As for your lawn it will end up just a patch of dirt once they really get going. Do you want to sit on a patch of dirt where the legs of your sun lounger fall into holes, or your wine and cheese start sliding off you wobbly table. Also do you want to be carting mud in your house on your boots or risk twisting your ankle?
The soil they do throw out is excellent for potting or throwing on your veggie patch, we used to collect it but after getting a couple of wheelbarrow loads a day and watching our young veg being shoved out of their beds we decided enough was enough and they had to go.
There is only one way to get rid of them and that is with a Piege a Taupe Talpex from Alliance Montmorillon
https://www.alliance-elevage.com/dept11_...alpex.html
Yes you are going to have to kill him unless you can live with him. We thought we could live with him but after a while it became us or Him. Oh and it wasn't just him, we got about 8 in the end.
Don't waste your money on bombs or potions they don't work.
Thanks for that Fred.
It looks like the long and short of it is that moley is going to a gonner.
Strangley he/she has moved next door and I can count 20 molehills at the moent.
We've still got our original five soooooooo whether he's packed his bags we'll have to wait and see.
Luckily we don't have a lawn but an awful lot of veggie patches. If he started on those he really is dead meat.
Good link to the mole trap. Had to look it up to see how the thing works. Yikes, knowing the way I do these things I'll end up taking off a couple of fingers.
Read a good story on the interweb about a Sussex cricket club that, when plagued by moles, poured engine oil into the mole run and set fire to it. Didn't work. There were another five molehills the following morning.
Oh no. Don't kill the mole. Can't you put out a humane box with food in it, Catch Moley, because that's his name now and we've humanised him, so you can't touch him
Then take Moley on a long car journey and set him fee where he can't do any more garden damage.
https://www.gardens.com/pest-control/hum...awn.html#b
There you go. Some good humane ways to get rid of your mole.
(Thu-17-12-2015, 12:54 PM)Jane Wrote: [ -> ]Oh no. Don't kill the mole. Can't you put out a humane box with food in it, Catch Moley, because that's his name now and we've humanised him, so you can't touch him Then take Moley on a long car journey and set him fee where he can't do any more garden damage.
https://www.gardens.com/pest-control/hum...awn.html#b
There you go. Some good humane ways to get rid of your mole.
Bottle of Merlot say's those ideas dont work for long if at all.
@Admiral Yes watch your fingers they are very strong and designed to kill "Mr Moley" quickly.
But you could try Jane's way and take them to her place while she is away.
Seriously though I would say put up with him if you can, we did for a couple of years but in the end the damage was to much. I didn't like killing him and researched as much as possible, but nothing worked and he
(They) had to go.
Did you solve your mole problem?
I tried a hose pipe here once and flooded out the mole hole ....it worked and he moved on to a dry place next door X
(Thu-28-01-2016, 23:33 PM)Jane Wrote: [ -> ]Did you solve your mole problem?
Apologies for the late reply. I've been in Angleterre with family stuff and so on and so forth.
But YES
Moley has left the premises. You'll be pleased to hear Moley went next door and then continued his journey to open commune-owned ground.
I am assured by well meaning neighbours that Moley was not executed in the course of his meanderings and is happy and well in pastures new.
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