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from "Roger Hembury" contains these words:

Just had a quick check of my runner beans and found a couple of mole hills
in among the canes.

May be a really dumb question but would a mole eat runner bean roots?

No, but watering them, especially if you've dug in compost, attracts
worms, and worms attract moles.

When i had the smallholding, even though I'd buried ½" netting to a
depth of 2½ feet round my greenhouse, they still burrowed under so they
could undermine my tomatoes..

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Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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