Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in
Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing
gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live
in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx

A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a rodent
a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks. It would be
nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he has his own
agenda.

In article ,
"Jimmy" wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in
Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx



Ground Mole' makes a great sauce for poultry. ;-)

Seriously, do a google for Mole traps, or quit poisoning and import some
gopher snakes or a tiger tabby queen or gray colored female cat.
Even spayed, she will more than solve your problem.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing
gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live
in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx

A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a rodent
a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks. It would be
nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he has his own
agenda.



Your cat is a slacker. ;-)

Our gray tabby female used to catch 2 to 3 per day of moles, gophers,
ground squirrels and rabbits.

She was death on garden pests.......
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Never heard of a gopher snake. I would rather do that than use poison
things. Do they they go after the moles and where are they from? Imported
from where? Don't want anything that will act like the Asian Carp.

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Jimmy" wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in
it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing
gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in
Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx



Ground Mole' makes a great sauce for poultry. ;-)

Seriously, do a google for Mole traps, or quit poisoning and import some
gopher snakes or a tiger tabby queen or gray colored female cat.
Even spayed, she will more than solve your problem.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack
Nicholson

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:10:33 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure
fire ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has
poison in it from the pest control place but they are very expensive.
I know chewing gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or
suggestions? I live in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is. thanx

A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a
rodent a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks. It
would be nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he has
his own agenda.



Your cat is a slacker. ;-)

Our gray tabby female used to catch 2 to 3 per day of moles, gophers,
ground squirrels and rabbits.

She was death on garden pests.......

Tesla is also watching my blueberries for me, he did a pretty good job of
keeping the birds away last year. It's like having my own surface to air
missile site.

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 GMT, "Jimmy"
wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden.

Moles or voles?

Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions?

If they're moles, they won't eat your plants, but they might
disrupt the roots with their burrowing. They're after grubs, so
getting rid of the grubs will get rid of the moles. Milky spore
isn't cheap if you have a large yard, but it does work.

Penelope






--
You have proven yourself to be the most malicious,
classless person that I've encountered in years.
- "pointed"

In article ,
"Jimmy" wrote:

Never heard of a gopher snake. I would rather do that than use poison
things. Do they they go after the moles and where are they from? Imported
from where? Don't want anything that will act like the Asian Carp.

Gopher snakes, aka bull snakes.
Here in the South, a similar snake would be the Texas Rat snake.

When we lived in CA, we used to travel the desert back roads close to
sunset. The snakes would crawl out onto the asphault to get warm and
we'd pick them up. Sometimes they would be dead by the time we got them
home as some car ahead of us had run over them. :-(

We'd release them down the gopher and ground squirrel holes.

A couple dozen snakes later and there was not a mole nor gopher to be
found in the entire neighborhood, and a severe dent got put in the
ground squirrel population. ;-)

As the food runs out, the snakes move on and they are harmless.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:10:33 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure
fire ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has
poison in it from the pest control place but they are very expensive.
I know chewing gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or
suggestions? I live in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is. thanx

A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a
rodent a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks. It
would be nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he has
his own agenda.



Your cat is a slacker. ;-)

Our gray tabby female used to catch 2 to 3 per day of moles, gophers,
ground squirrels and rabbits.

She was death on garden pests.......

Tesla is also watching my blueberries for me, he did a pretty good job of
keeping the birds away last year. It's like having my own surface to air
missile site.


lol Good kitty...... ;-D

Seriously tho', ever considered bird netting?
It's cheap enough.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:36:51 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:10:33 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:26:14 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure
fire ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has
poison in it from the pest control place but they are very
expensive. I know chewing gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work.
Any ideas or suggestions? I live in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that
is. thanx

A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a
rodent a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks.
It would be nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he
has his own agenda.



Your cat is a slacker. ;-)

Our gray tabby female used to catch 2 to 3 per day of moles, gophers,
ground squirrels and rabbits.

She was death on garden pests.......

Tesla is also watching my blueberries for me, he did a pretty good job
of keeping the birds away last year. It's like having my own surface to
air missile site.


lol Good kitty...... ;-D

Seriously tho', ever considered bird netting? It's cheap enough.

I did do bird netting one year. I had a couple of mouse suicides, at least
it looked that way because the mice were hanging from the net. I'm serious
about my cat doing a good job protecting my berries. My bushes are next to
the back deck where my cat likes to hang out. There were a couple of
redbirds that made a run at the bushes, Tesla shot off the deck like a
rocket and got both of them.

In article ,
General Schvantzkoph wrote:

Seriously tho', ever considered bird netting? It's cheap enough.

I did do bird netting one year. I had a couple of mouse suicides, at least
it looked that way because the mice were hanging from the net. I'm serious
about my cat doing a good job protecting my berries. My bushes are next to
the back deck where my cat likes to hang out. There were a couple of
redbirds that made a run at the bushes, Tesla shot off the deck like a
rocket and got both of them.

Ooh, I hate to see redbirds killed. :-( They are so beautiful.

But, I generally feel that only stupid birds get caught by cats so it's
good for the gene pool.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Jimmy wrote:
Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in
Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx



A Rat Terrier works wonders. Mine brought home
nearly one per day last year, at least four or
five a week. Sometimes, if I was a really good
hooman, she would gift me with two.

Been too cold for the moles to come out so far
this year, but she knows they're there. It's just
a matter of time.....

-N

Nightingale wrote:


A Rat Terrier works wonders. Mine brought home nearly one per day last
year, at least four or five a week. Sometimes, if I was a really good
hooman, she would gift me with two.

Been too cold for the moles to come out so far this year, but she knows
they're there. It's just a matter of time.....

-N


Actually, I should probably clarify a bit.... she
doesn't just bring home moles, but also mice,
rats, voles, one squirrel, and the occasional
chipmunk.

Happy hunter.

-K

This was in my April, Jerry Baker newsletter.
Cheers,
LJ in Pitt Meadows, BC
Canada


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GOT MOLES? HERE'S HOW TO GET RID OF THEM
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Get the grubs
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Need some immediate relief? Moles are super sensitive to sounds and ground
vibrations. So take advantage of their sensitivity by shaking things up a
bit. Here's how:

Get yourself a bunch of plastic toy pinwheels, and stick 'em in the
ground along the moles' runs. As they spin in the wind, the vibrations
underground will drive the moles crazy, and they'll soon head for quieter
territory.

My Natural Mole Chaser uses the same principles, but it's like a
pinwheel on steroids. While the metal windmill blades spin silently above
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can still rattle the moles away. All you need is an underground sonic
device that buries flush with the ground, like my Super Sonic Molechaser.
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If the moles need a little more persuasion, stuff any of these into their
active runs, and they'll beat a hasty retreat!

A stick of Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Moles'll greedily eat the gum, but
they can't digest it, so it's their last meal.

Several scoops of used kitty litter. It'll make the moles think a
big-time predator is on the prowl, and that's the last thing they want to
mess with.

A dose of Mole Gel Bait. It comes in a convenient syringe applicator,
so you simply inject it into active tunnels or burrows. It smells just
like the worms, grubs, and insects moles love to eat - moles simply can't
resist it!

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My Mole-Chaser Tonic: Mix 1-1/2 tbsp. of hot sauce, 1 tbsp. of
dishwashing liquid, 1 tsp. of chili powder, and 1 qt. of water in a
bucket, and pour a little of the mix into each mole hole. The little guys
will get a taste they won't soon forget, and they'll move out right quick!

"Jimmy" wrote in message
. net...
Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire
ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it
from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing
gum,
peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in
Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is.
thanx

Try a castor oil spray. "Liquid Fence" is a brand that is s'posed to
work. Ya gotta redo it every so many months.

bahB