Moles
 

Hi, Wondered if anyone had tried the bulbs that are sold to deter moles.
It says to plant them every 10ft or so and the moles will move away.
I am transforming a field into garden and last summer I put in a large
flower bed. Since we are converting a barn into a house I have access to
lots of broken slates so I thought to use them to top off the bed. This
worked fine until Mr Mole started piling the earth back on top of the
slate. I tried an old wives tale and put a pipe from the exhaust down a
tunnel. This made the tunnels smell nasty so it dug lots of replacements
!!
I then got in the local pest chap with his strychnine (sp?) worms. They
haven't worked either. A lot of plants have died because of the
tunnelling through the roots and I am now at my wits end. All
suggestions gratefully received.
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Sue Begg
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Sue Begg wrote:
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They haven't worked either. A lot of plants have died because of
the
tunnelling through the roots and I am now at my wits end. All
suggestions gratefully received.

I sympathize. But in my own experience, moles don't seem keen on the
loose soil of established beds which are forked over regularly -- or
perhaps it's just that I've never noticed. If my guess is right (and
we'll soon enough be told if it isn't!), they may eventually get the
message and leave your flower-beds alone, though it will take them
time to give up old-established routes.

--
Mike.

I then got in the local pest chap with his strychnine (sp?) worms. They
haven't worked either. A lot of plants have died because of the tunnelling
through the roots and I am now at my wits end. All suggestions gratefully
received.

Oh my goodness, please don't kill them!!!!! Remember, you are invading IT's
territory. They are beautiful creatures. Please, please don't kill them.

Clare

Oh my goodness, please don't kill them!!!!! Remember, you are invading
IT's
territory. They are beautiful creatures. Please, please don't kill them.

Clare



and your address is?

(Just so we can send those we catch.You do understand)

Sue moles move. When we had our big garden we found they moved West to East.

And the neighbours to the East are how far away?

Mike

Mike wrote:
Sue moles move. When we had our big garden we found they moved West
to East.

And the neighbours to the East are how far away?

Huh! Mine went from east to west. Then they went back in time to
start again. But they really didn't bother me for most of the year.
And I must say that when they did bother me, they didn't really
bother me, if you understand Irish.

--
Mike.

In message , Mike
writes


Oh my goodness, please don't kill them!!!!! Remember, you are invading
IT's
territory. They are beautiful creatures. Please, please don't kill them.

Clare



and your address is?

(Just so we can send those we catch.You do understand)


Send them to Clare please she likes them (and presumably hasn't got them
in a flower bed) I could cope if the buggers would just stay in the lawn
:-(
--
Sue Begg
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In message , Mike
writes

Sue moles move. When we had our big garden we found they moved West to East.

And the neighbours to the East are how far away?

Mike


5 acres away, but just out of the flower bed would do, I can kick the
hills flat before mowing the grass it is no great problem
--
Sue Begg

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for
you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

Bristol, bring 'em on! Seriously though, I very strongly believe that I
SHARE my garden with ALL creatures. What arrogance and cruelty to
exterminate a living creature because it is trying to make a home in it's
diminishing habitat. I would be truly honoured to have moles living in my
garden.

Clare

....waiting for the inevitable onslaught ;-)




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"Mike" wrote in message
...


Oh my goodness, please don't kill them!!!!! Remember, you are invading
IT's
territory. They are beautiful creatures. Please, please don't kill them.

Clare



and your address is?

(Just so we can send those we catch.You do understand)

In message , batgirl
writes
Bristol, bring 'em on! Seriously though, I very strongly believe that I
SHARE my garden with ALL creatures. What arrogance and cruelty to
exterminate a living creature because it is trying to make a home in it's
diminishing habitat. I would be truly honoured to have moles living in my
garden.

Clare

...waiting for the inevitable onslaught ;-)

No onslaught :-)
I am incorporating a wildlife area and pond (about 60ft diameter) we
have hares, pheasants, rabbits, voles, the occasional deer and I am
having to redesign my embryonic pond because sand martins have decided
the part completed bank is a good nest site. I live in the countryside
because I like the wildlife but the flower bed is a disaster area and
the reason for asking for advice was to see if anyone had tried the
'move them out' bulbs.
--
Sue Begg
Remove my clothes to reply

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for
you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

"batgirl" wrote in message
...
Bristol, bring 'em on! Seriously though, I very strongly believe that I
SHARE my garden with ALL creatures. What arrogance and cruelty to
exterminate a living creature because it is trying to make a home in it's
diminishing habitat. I would be truly honoured to have moles living in my
garden.

Clare

...waiting for the inevitable onslaught ;-)


Does that include lilly beetles, slugs, snails, caterpillars etc, or is it
just furry creatures?

--
Tumbleweed

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Tumbleweed wrote:
"batgirl" wrote in message
...
Bristol, bring 'em on! Seriously though, I very strongly believe
that I SHARE my garden with ALL creatures. What arrogance and
cruelty to exterminate a living creature because it is trying to
make a home in it's diminishing habitat. I would be truly honoured
to have moles living in my garden.

Clare

...waiting for the inevitable onslaught ;-)


Does that include lilly beetles, slugs, snails, caterpillars etc,
or
is it just furry creatures?

Shouldn't be a problem overall: if her horticulture is intelligently
balanced and she takes a few preventive measures, the pests probably
won't be a total ******* on every plant every year.

--
Mike.

If we could only see the little varmits and get some occasional
"awww...sweet" value from them then it would be easier to live with the
ruination of the lawn and borders. And the key thing that no-one seems
to want to mention is that they can make the lawn a dangerous place.
Often I have turned my ankle when sinking into an almost invisible mole
tunnel in soft going or when tripping over a hardened rut or mound.

I don't think that my oneness with Nature extends to breaking a few of
my bones to preserve the sanctity of the mole community.

But I would be happy to live with them if there were a way to corral
them into their own area of the lawn where I would never venture.
Otherwise, it's them or me.

"Sue Begg" wrote in message
...
In message , Mike
writes


Oh my goodness, please don't kill them!!!!! Remember, you are invading
IT's
territory. They are beautiful creatures. Please, please don't kill
them.

Clare



and your address is?

(Just so we can send those we catch.You do understand)


Send them to Clare please she likes them (and presumably hasn't got them
in a flower bed) I could cope if the buggers would just stay in the lawn
:-(
send them to me too because I like moles better than I would like a pristine
lawn.

"Sue Begg" wrote in message
...
In message , batgirl
writes
Bristol, bring 'em on! Seriously though, I very strongly believe that I
SHARE my garden with ALL creatures. What arrogance and cruelty to
exterminate a living creature because it is trying to make a home in it's
diminishing habitat. I would be truly honoured to have moles living in my
garden.

Clare

...waiting for the inevitable onslaught ;-)

No onslaught :-)
I am incorporating a wildlife area and pond (about 60ft diameter) we
have hares, pheasants, rabbits, voles, the occasional deer and I am
having to redesign my embryonic pond because sand martins have decided
the part completed bank is a good nest site. I live in the countryside
because I like the wildlife but the flower bed is a disaster area and
the reason for asking for advice was to see if anyone had tried the
'move them out' bulbs.
Never heard of the bulbs but I have been told that if you put mothballs
dopwn the runs and holes they go away because they hate the smell. My mother
swore by childrens windmills poked into the ground as apprently the moles
hate the low frquency sound made at the blades turn in the breeze.