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18-03-2003, 06:44 PM

writes:
We have moles in our lawn & garden and wonder if there is a way to
get rid of them without trapping & killing them. I know they eat grubs etc
in the soil and I have used products to rid the soil of grubs, but it
needs to be applied during the summer months. Has anyone had success
getting rid of them in the spring. Another question, do June bugs have
anything to do with grubs. I know they lay thousands of eggs and wonder
what they develop into. I have been told that the Japanese Beetles lay
the larvae for grubs, but I am not sure about that. Any help in this area
would be appreciated.

I'm passing this on only because I heard it yesterday; there may or may
not be something to it.

Speaker 1: Does anyone know how to keep moles out of the garden?

Speaker 2: My mother used to put beer bottles after they were emptied
upside down in the holes.

Speaker 3: Are they supposed to be upside down? My other would bury them
1/3 in the ground with the neck up. The wind would blow across them and
the moles would stay away.

Speaker 2: My mother always put them upside down. Apparently, they don't
like the smell of the beer.

Speaker 3: I don't know if it worked but we never had moles in the garden.

Hey, if it works, great. If not, well, we've had another perspective. :-)

Glenna