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 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



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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



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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
:-(
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In message , Mike
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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



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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.

In message , w.g.s.hamm
writes


send them to me too because I like moles better than I would like a pristine
lawn.


You haven't read my original post properly have you?
I don't mind them in the lawn.
It is by no means pristine it has dogs and grandchildren playing on it
because that's what gardens are for.
It is the loss of all my plants and hard work in the flower bed that is
upsetting me.
The whole garden is in arable land and surrounded by a 'conservation
strip' but I assume there are more worms in the flower bed :-(
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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



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(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.
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"Sue Begg" wrote in message
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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.

"batgirl" wrote in message
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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?

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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.

"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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"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?

Don't forget rats and mice!

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alan

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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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Does that include lilly beetles, slugs, snails, caterpillars etc, or is it
just furry creatures?

No, all creatures. I think lily beetles are absolutely gorgeous! Take the
time to look at one closely before you squish it. They are such a stunning
colour. I realise a lot of you will think I am mad but I really can't kill
anything in the garden. I would rather work around the so called 'pests'. I
collect all the slugs and snails in a bucket and rehome them on a huge area
of overgrown waste area near my house. You may think this a lot of effort
but that way I live in harmony with nature.

Clare

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:08:42 +0100, "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?

Why shouldnt it? Or do you just have a fixation with furry things!