Bob Hobden wrote:

We now have them on our "new" allotment, presumably because there are now
worms there, we having manured the ground well, and we now have a couple of
children's windmills stuck in the ground to try to discourage them. It's an
on old trick which has appeared to stop them coming onto the plot where the
windmills are. Will have to purchase some more to keep the whole plot mole
free and they need turning into the wind as it changes so they keep spinning
and vibrating.
I can only imagine what some of our "new" allotment gardeners think. :-)


The wife tried that, not only did it not work but they moles built a
hill directly at the side of the windmill knocking it over!
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"David in Normandy" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote:

We now have them on our "new" allotment, presumably because there are now
worms there, we having manured the ground well, and we now have a couple
of children's windmills stuck in the ground to try to discourage them.
It's an on old trick which has appeared to stop them coming onto the plot
where the windmills are. Will have to purchase some more to keep the
whole plot mole free and they need turning into the wind as it changes so
they keep spinning and vibrating.
I can only imagine what some of our "new" allotment gardeners think. :-)


The wife tried that, not only did it not work but they moles built a hill
directly at the side of the windmill knocking it over!

Perhaps it was a deaf French mole. :-)

--
Regards
Bob Hobden

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:27:09 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Bob Hobden wrote:

We now have them on our "new" allotment, presumably because there are now
worms there, we having manured the ground well, and we now have a couple of
children's windmills stuck in the ground to try to discourage them. It's an
on old trick which has appeared to stop them coming onto the plot where the
windmills are. Will have to purchase some more to keep the whole plot mole
free and they need turning into the wind as it changes so they keep spinning
and vibrating.
I can only imagine what some of our "new" allotment gardeners think. :-)


The wife tried that, not only did it not work but they moles built a
hill directly at the side of the windmill knocking it over!

There is a wild plant known as "caper spurge" also called the "TheMole
plant". When I had a mole on my allotment I was told to encourage the
plant. It seemed to have no effect.
I later heard Bob Flowerdew say on GQT that it was known as "The mole
plant" not because it kept black burrowing creatures away but because
the sap was used to treat moles on the skin. I've never had the
opportunity to try it. The sap is certainly not nice on the skin, as
with other euphorbias.

Pam in Bristol

"Pam Moore" wrote in message

There is a wild plant known as "caper spurge" also called the "TheMole
plant". When I had a mole on my allotment I was told to encourage the
plant. It seemed to have no effect.
I later heard Bob Flowerdew say on GQT that it was known as "The mole
plant" not because it kept black burrowing creatures away but because
the sap was used to treat moles on the skin. I've never had the
opportunity to try it. The sap is certainly not nice on the skin, as
with other euphorbias.

Warts can certainly be removed by using the milky exudate from a lot of
plants, but moles - dunno about that???? Given that certain moles can end
up doing very nasty things, I'd leave them well alone.

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been lurking for a bit, but now I've got a question to ask please.

My friend and I took on an allotment in November. We have started
clearing it, but have been invaded by moles! Any ideas on non-harmful
ways of discouraging them? We've asked them nicely to go and burrow
through the bits we haven't dug yet but they wont play.
TIA

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.


Hi Kathy,

Welcome to the ng. I can't help you with moles, alas, never had them.

Should I be offended by your signature line??! {:~)

Spider



--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

"Kathy" wrote
My friend and I took on an allotment in November. We have started
clearing it, but have been invaded by moles! Any ideas on non-harmful
ways of discouraging them?

Hi, Kathy. I've been chasing moles on my allotment for 3 years. For the
first year I tried to live with them, cute little things that they are, but
the devastation they caused last summer was spectacular.

I've tried mothballs, with limited success. Half the time they push the
mothballs out of the way and carry on happily digging.

I've used one of those sonar deterrents, which seemed to sort of work but
only in the immediate area within a couple of feet.

I've tried flooding the runs, but I think they merely appreciated a nice
bath! I've stomped around in size 6 wellies, and even tried bopping one on
the head when it popped up within inches of my feet !!

I've put down traps, but as soon as I get rid of one another moves in
immediately.

I've now bought some liquid deterrent from B&Q. I believe it's safe for use
on veggie plots. I think it's just smelly stuff that they don't like. I'll
probably start using it in March because I think they breed in April. To be
honest, I don't expect it'll work, but I might as well give it a try.

I've also read that a liquid made from ferret droppings might deter them,
again it's the smell that puts them off. There's also those bulbs (Sork)
that you plant and the smell supposedly deters them. I've read that
trapping is the only reliable method to elimiate them, but in my experience
it's an ongoing and constant battle.

"Spider" wrote in message
...

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been lurking for a bit, but now I've got a question to ask please.

My friend and I took on an allotment in November. We have started
clearing it, but have been invaded by moles! Any ideas on non-harmful
ways of discouraging them? We've asked them nicely to go and burrow
through the bits we haven't dug yet but they wont play.
TIA

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.


Hi Kathy,

Welcome to the ng. I can't help you with moles, alas, never had them.

Should I be offended by your signature line??! {:~)

Spider

Don't be offended, it's a slightly mangled line from a book I read last
year. It just appealed to me. I rather like spiders.

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

"Mel" wrote in message
...
"Kathy" wrote
My friend and I took on an allotment in November. We have started
clearing it, but have been invaded by moles! Any ideas on non-harmful
ways of discouraging them?

Hi, Kathy. I've been chasing moles on my allotment for 3 years. For the
first year I tried to live with them, cute little things that they are,
but the devastation they caused last summer was spectacular.

I've tried mothballs, with limited success. Half the time they push the
mothballs out of the way and carry on happily digging.

I've used one of those sonar deterrents, which seemed to sort of work but
only in the immediate area within a couple of feet.

I've tried flooding the runs, but I think they merely appreciated a nice
bath! I've stomped around in size 6 wellies, and even tried bopping one
on the head when it popped up within inches of my feet !!

I've put down traps, but as soon as I get rid of one another moves in
immediately.

I've now bought some liquid deterrent from B&Q. I believe it's safe for
use on veggie plots. I think it's just smelly stuff that they don't like.
I'll probably start using it in March because I think they breed in April.
To be honest, I don't expect it'll work, but I might as well give it a
try.

I've also read that a liquid made from ferret droppings might deter them,
again it's the smell that puts them off. There's also those bulbs (Sork)
that you plant and the smell supposedly deters them. I've read that
trapping is the only reliable method to elimiate them, but in my
experience it's an ongoing and constant battle.

Hi Mel, I look out for the liquid. Trapping them would be pointless, as
they are all over the field, and also possibly in the surrounding fields as
well. We'd need a lot of traps :-}

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

Kathy wrote:
Hi Mel, I look out for the liquid. Trapping them would be pointless, as
they are all over the field, and also possibly in the surrounding fields as
well. We'd need a lot of traps :-}

On the positive side, the mole hill soil is good for mixing with cheap
potting compost. I use that for potting on and seed trays etc. So moles
aren't totally bad. Just 99%.

--
David in Normandy.
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subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
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"Kathy" wrote in message
...


"Spider" wrote in message
...

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been lurking for a bit, but now I've got a question to ask please.

My friend and I took on an allotment in November. We have started
clearing it, but have been invaded by moles! Any ideas on non-harmful
ways of discouraging them? We've asked them nicely to go and burrow
through the bits we haven't dug yet but they wont play.
TIA

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.


Hi Kathy,

Welcome to the ng. I can't help you with moles, alas, never had them.

Should I be offended by your signature line??! {:~)

Spider

Don't be offended, it's a slightly mangled line from a book I read last
year. It just appealed to me. I rather like spiders.

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.


Aw shucks, Kathy...nice to know you care! After a 25 year obstacle -
arachnophobia - I totally adore them. Pity there's not a mole-eating
spider.

Spider

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from "Spider" contains these words:

Aw shucks, Kathy...nice to know you care! After a 25 year obstacle -
arachnophobia - I totally adore them. Pity there's not a mole-eating
spider.

thinks

You can buy a radio-controlled arachnid - if you had a devious enough
mind, it might perhaps be modified...

/thinks

Mind you, a p.i.r.-triggered rocket set into the run might be more
effective - Mouldy Time-Warp?

--
Rusty
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"Rusty_Hinge" wrote in message
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The message
from "Spider" contains these words:

Aw shucks, Kathy...nice to know you care! After a 25 year obstacle -
arachnophobia - I totally adore them. Pity there's not a mole-eating
spider.

thinks

You can buy a radio-controlled arachnid - if you had a devious enough
mind, it might perhaps be modified...

/thinks

Mind you, a p.i.r.-triggered rocket set into the run might be more
effective - Mouldy Time-Warp?

--
Rusty
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Got the radio-controlled spider, thanks! It freaked the cats out, so who
knows? ... but you'd need an army of them to clear a field of the 'little
black gentlemen', as they are sometimes known ... and they would need
working fangs ... now that I would like to see!

Spider

The message
from "Spider" contains these words:

Got the radio-controlled spider, thanks! It freaked the cats out, so who
knows? ... but you'd need an army of them to clear a field of the



'little
black gentlemen', as they are sometimes known ...

Little gentleman in the black waistcoat - or something like that, I think.

and they would need
working fangs ... now that I would like to see!

Can be arranged...

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Rusty
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A new product is on the market this year that we have just introduced http://gardens.taylorschoice.co.uk/p...llent_2kgs.php

You could try this and it is not harmful to the moles.

On Jan 11, 3:50*pm, "Kathy" wrote:
Hi,

I've been lurking for a bit, but now I've got a question to ask please.

My friend and I took on an allotment in November. *We have started clearing
it, but have been invaded by moles! *Any ideas on non-harmful ways of
discouraging them? *We've asked them nicely to go and burrow through the
bits we haven't dug yet but they wont play.
TIA

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

The best success I have had with moles is using the bait and
applicator from http://www.mole-be-gone.com

Hope this helps!