In article , Rod
writes
OK, they're a
pain in fine turf but otherwise I'm prepared to live with them.

Moles eat mainly worms - a nursing mother will eat its own weight in
worms in one day.
I would rather have the worms in the soil than the moles!!!!!!!!!!!

--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

In article , Rod
writes
OK, they're a
pain in fine turf but otherwise I'm prepared to live with them.

Moles eat mainly worms - a nursing mother will eat its own weight in
worms in one day.
I would rather have the worms in the soil than the moles!!!!!!!!!!!

--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:00:50 +0000, Jan Spanna wrote:

You don't you prick, you learn to live with them or use a live trap
and relocate them.

Into your garden? You tit.

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:34:25 GMT, Janet Baraclough ..
wrote:

I should be very surprised indeed if the Queen, in person, has
acquired a poisons-licence for mole-killing by strychnine.

You pedantic peice of mouldy tripe.

The message
from martin contains these words:
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:27:14 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

".......Semtex gives more bang per buck....."

Yes but it's moles not deer we are trying to get rid of.

and kills two birds with one stone.

Birds?

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

I have consulted the WWW used some of there alleged remedies, not one of
them worked, a waste of time. Anyone out there got a sure fired way of
getting rid of 'em?


If you can *see* the mole, i.e. when it is digging, a short tap on the snout
with a well-aimed boot or shovel will quickly despatch the creature. The
nose is very sensitive and such a blow will kill almost instantly IIRC.

Either that or windmills/mothballs/garlic/shotgun as tried by Jasper
Carrott.

-=# Amos E Wolfe #=-

Amos E Wolfe18/2/04 4:40

I have consulted the WWW used some of there alleged remedies, not one of
them worked, a waste of time. Anyone out there got a sure fired way of
getting rid of 'em?


If you can *see* the mole, i.e. when it is digging, a short tap on the snout
with a well-aimed boot or shovel will quickly despatch the creature. The
nose is very sensitive and such a blow will kill almost instantly IIRC.

Either that or windmills/mothballs/garlic/shotgun as tried by Jasper
Carrott.


In a smallish area I've heard of people stopping up all mole hills bar one,
sticking a hose from the car exhaust down that one and leaving the engine
running for an hour.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Amos E Wolfe wrote:

Either that or windmills/mothballs/garlic/shotgun as
tried by Jasper Carrott.

Revolving typist's chair, a decent torch and a 12 gauge shotgun is by far
the most effective.

It's also the most entertaining ;-)
--
Mike
-Please remove 'safetycatch' before firing off your reply-

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:32:38 -0000, "mlv"
wrote:

Amos E Wolfe wrote:

Either that or windmills/mothballs/garlic/shotgun as
tried by Jasper Carrott.

Revolving typist's chair, a decent torch and a 12 gauge shotgun is by far
the most effective.

It's also the most entertaining ;-)

A revolving typist is an interesting concept :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

In article ,
(Amos E Wolfe) wrote:

or windmills/mothballs/garlic/shotgun as tried by Jasper
Carrott.

Very entertaining for the onlookers but doesn't get rid of moles.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

Steve Harris wrote:

Very entertaining for the onlookers but doesn't
get rid of moles.

I can assure you that if you employ the Jasper Carrot method of mole
control, a large dose of well placed Eley Hymax BB is fairly terminal.
--
Mike
-Please remove 'safetycatch' before firing off your reply-

You are now giving advice! " But this is a place for discussion, not an
advice bureau. ". I know that you are so full of pain that the only way
you can relate to ppeople is by dishing out torture. Now it appears you
are inconsistent to the point of pants on fire!


In article
Janet Baraclough .. wrote:

The message r
from An Metet contains these words:

I am told that I can no longer kill moles by using the usual poison. In
fact to do so one has to have a special licence. The Queen for instance is
allowed to poison the little sons of *******.

I should be very surprised indeed if the Queen, in person, has
acquired a poisons-licence for mole-killing by strychnine. No doubt she
employs a molecatcher who has such a licence for use in country estates,
golfcourses etc. AFAIK the use of strychnine-baits by licensed persons
is no longer permitted in domestic gardens in case ignorant dogs or very
hungry children attempt to eat the worms, or dead moles, so if you
employ a mole catcher he'll use traps.

Janet

In article ,
(mlv) wrote:

I can assure you that if you employ the Jasper Carrot method of mole
control, a large dose of well placed Eley Hymax BB is fairly terminal.

I would refer the Rt Hon member to the paper by Mr Carrot that suggests
his method was less than satisfactory :-)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

In article ,
(mlv) wrote:

I can assure you that if you employ the Jasper Carrot method of mole
control, a large dose of well placed Eley Hymax BB is fairly terminal.

I would refer the Rt Hon member to the paper by Mr Carrot that suggests
his method was less than satisfactory :-)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

In article ,
(mlv) wrote:

I can assure you that if you employ the Jasper Carrot method of mole
control, a large dose of well placed Eley Hymax BB is fairly terminal.

I would refer the Rt Hon member to the paper by Mr Carrot that suggests
his method was less than satisfactory :-)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/