Well we have trapped them, tried every old wives tale preventative and nothing works. Eventually they come back in from the fields around us. Even our neighbours expert mole killing cat cannot deal with the numbers we get.
Did pour 200 gallons of grey water down the runs and that kept them away for a couple of years though. Did whiff a bit.
Most of the tunnel blocking ideas are great for forcing them to dig more tunnels, often just alongside the old one.
And as for the soil from the hills. I tried it and it set like concrete. And here it is full of broken glass, crockery and scrap metal.
No idea, but here is is most definitely sub-soil, not top soil and since there were three other houses here which were allowed to fall down and the remains spread out over the land there is plenty of rubbish for them to bring up.
I have read in the books about using mole hill soil for seed sowing, as presumably it is 'sterile' but never worked for me.
A more friendly and very effective way of getting rid of moles is to mix up some elderflower flowers in a bucket of water. Leave it to ferment for 3 weeks. The smell will be horrendous. Pour into a bottle and store. Then when you have a mole hill pour a little down the hole and leave. The smell will deter them returning. If you trap them and dispose of them down the road they will die anyway as they are out of their own territory and cannot find food, We had around 200 molehills in our garden when we bought our new house and now we maybe have one every now and then. You will need to stock up on elderflower mix for the winter thought but works a treat. Detaupers work but are not available in the UK and to be honest there is not need to kill these creatures with the elderflower mix.
I had one in and around the deep ditch at the end of my garden last summer. He/she left when it started to get really wet so I think if I had one in my garden I'd try running the hose down a hole hoping to flood the tunnels. Expensive if you're on a meter though.
I only use our détaupeur in extremis. Mostly, we live with the blighters but sometimes they just get too invasive and have to go. Live rescue if possible to surrounding fields on the other side of the stream as they've tunnelled under the road before now!
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I don't think that was anything to do with moles Tetley. Maybe just not clean enough for house plants or had something in it that eat the roots.
you really need to poke the soil back down the holes or you risk twisted ankle.
i have to agree with Obe.
Well we have trapped them, tried every old wives tale preventative and nothing works. Eventually they come back in from the fields around us. Even our neighbours expert mole killing cat cannot deal with the numbers we get.
Did pour 200 gallons of grey water down the runs and that kept them away for a couple of years though. Did whiff a bit.
Most of the tunnel blocking ideas are great for forcing them to dig more tunnels, often just alongside the old one.
And as for the soil from the hills. I tried it and it set like concrete. And here it is full of broken glass, crockery and scrap metal.
No idea, but here is is most definitely sub-soil, not top soil and since there were three other houses here which were allowed to fall down and the remains spread out over the land there is plenty of rubbish for them to bring up.
I have read in the books about using mole hill soil for seed sowing, as presumably it is 'sterile' but never worked for me.
A more friendly and very effective way of getting rid of moles is to mix up some elderflower flowers in a bucket of water. Leave it to ferment for 3 weeks. The smell will be horrendous. Pour into a bottle and store. Then when you have a mole hill pour a little down the hole and leave. The smell will deter them returning. If you trap them and dispose of them down the road they will die anyway as they are out of their own territory and cannot find food, We had around 200 molehills in our garden when we bought our new house and now we maybe have one every now and then. You will need to stock up on elderflower mix for the winter thought but works a treat. Detaupers work but are not available in the UK and to be honest there is not need to kill these creatures with the elderflower mix.
Tried this a few years back, the mole just moved a couple of feet away and dug a new set of tunnels.
I had one in and around the deep ditch at the end of my garden last summer. He/she left when it started to get really wet so I think if I had one in my garden I'd try running the hose down a hole hoping to flood the tunnels. Expensive if you're on a meter though.
I only use our détaupeur in extremis. Mostly, we live with the blighters but sometimes they just get too invasive and have to go. Live rescue if possible to surrounding fields on the other side of the stream as they've tunnelled under the road before now!