Moles

I am new to gardening, but since moving to my new house in June, i am amazed at the veg i have managed to grow in the greenhouse, and the flowers that are in the garden, i don't know what many of them are yet. I had just got my lawn looking nice when it was turned into what looks now like a giant crossword with mole tunnelings just beneath the surface. Any help on how to chase the little blighters away would be gratefully received.
Thanks

 

Hi Pink, and welcome :D

Maybe ring up ya local golf course and see how they cope with the problem

 

Hi Pink and welcome, I have found that putting mothballs into the runs will drive them away, moles have such a delicate sense of smell the camphor in the mothballs is too overpowering for them. David.

 

Sounds like a good idea David. We put pinwheels in ours and the mole moved further down the bank so not that successful. However, I found banging the hills flat with a spade very theraputic

 

Celia, why bang them flat? they make very good seed compost. David.

 

Gave me a giggle that Celia, cheers :D

 

We thought that Hubby had gotten rid of ours, but today I found evidence that it came back and is again making a mess around our rockery.

 

Trap them,

Buy four or five traps from a farm suplier. Work from the freshest hills out.

Using a bambo cane probe down around the hills until you find a run, when you get one probe along to find the direction. Using a sharp trowel break into the run and stick your fingers in to make surte its not a T junction. widen your hole to take the trap then cover it with turf. The important thing is to block out any light without impeding the trap. flatten all mole hills


Check traps every three days or so, i tend to leave them down a week. Any problem give me a pm and I will help if I can.

 

they do hate any kind of vibration
it does work, needs patience
i didn't know you could use the soil for anything
docent it smell badly?

 

I`ve never known it to smell, what should it smell of?

 

Has anyone tried the Sork mole repellent bulbs? Are these Incarvillea bulbs the same?
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/880/mia/d/anti+mole+plant+4+bulbs/pid/3902931
I've got a few mole hills but I wouldn't bother trying to get rid of them.

They're very cute!

 

We have a cat who was a great moler but she won't go into the garden now we have the dogs(who dig up the mole runs). I'm thinking of shooting myself and letting the moles get on with it.

 

hi David
go look for a fresh one ( mole hill )
lovely soil stinks of urine yuk

 

I`ve never noticed that. I shall have to go molehill smelling.

 

halo i had moles a couple of years ago they moved in from next door i put empty beer bottles in the ground with the neck just poking up out of the ground it worked a treat they dont like the noise and vibration so i was told,the moles moved on and i was well oiled too great fun