Moles

”two stones, one bird” … your bad … hahahahahahahahaaaa!!!! Wish I could help as I feel your pain; but this is out of my “league”. Sorry … :-(

Although I am sure you will get advice once a few others read your questions … so hang in there.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

You can get live traps and most hardware or seed stores.
You can als get snap traps and hide them under something to keep the other animals and kids away.

p.s Get used to it all you can do is reduce your population.

I just tossed a deer mouse and a vole out of my greenhouse this morning.
(I thought it was sealed again for the 25 th year.) ;-(

Buggars mowed of the leaves on all my lettuce too.

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

aren’t they treasures? ha.
It’s like walking on sponge, after they get tunneling everywhere.

They have one main tunnel – that’s the one you have to find, to make any difference at all.
We’ve tried moth balls.. didn’t work
We’ve tried flooding.. didn’t work – millions of miles of tunnel!
(2 years ago we emptied our above ground pool into a tunnel and we never saw one drop of water come out of ground… every little bit of water was tunnelled away!! )

Now.. here’s what did get rid of them (or we think it did. Might have just been a coincidence).

We were hosting a picnic (during mosquito time) and Rick was fogging the yard (I know.. bad stuff) but it sure makes a picnic more enjoyable!! Anyway he put the nozzle of the fogger into the main hole (or what we thought was) and the gas must have built up at the nozzle and then was ignited and POOF he saw smoke rolling from all the little holes throughout the yard).
We didn’t see any more new holes and our yard went back to normal.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I know they call it a bug bomb, but I think ya took it a little too literally.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

hehe well it did surprise Rick when it POOFED.. but the end result was the best surprise

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I’m gonna give that a try.

Where’s my explosion proof Turban?

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

yah.. just be careful of where you are standing

I feel like I need to add a warning: This is NOT a recommendation.. only sharing an experience we had

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I was reading because I am also drinking from a well water that there is a product called Milky Spore powder to get rid of the grubs and other insects. I do not want to use a pesticide or anything like that because junior and senior (my 2 boys) and lets not forget the dog and the wife and me are playing out there. And hopefully eating some veggies and herbs later this year.

Anyways this Milky spore powder stuff came off this info and is supposed to be good for all my concerns and not to through more chemicals into the ground.

-- Living on the level... Central Ontario...1.25 hrs from TO.......Zone 5a

Hmmmmmm, Bob we might need a picture of you with that “turban” and smoke coming from all those holes!!! hee! Yah, I am bad …. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

if you want to get rid of grubs, get yourself some moles…..

o.k., if you want to get rid of moles, get yourself a jack russel terrier…..

o.k, o.k., if you want to get rid of the holes left by the terrier, get yourself a tractor with a grader blade…...

(and if you want to get rid of the tractor, bring it to my house….you can keep the terrier)

1. watch yard
2. find latest tunnel
3. step on it
4. watch yard again
5. step spot gone, active tunnel
6. step again, place mole trap where you stepped
7. mole gets stabbed the next time it comes through
8. BBQ mole (great with squirrel gravy)

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

Not much of a meal, there. More like an appetizer.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I was a mole hunter with my Dad when I was growing up. We used much of the same procedure described by Catspaw, but we were often less passive (set a trap) and more active—flood a stamped tunnel, watch the critter push up the tunnel (quickly), and attack with sharp shovel. We called it mole-fishin’.

Took some practice, but it’s quite satisfying…

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Along the lines of Debbie’s post-

Propane is heavier than air, and sinks rapidly. An old, redneck trick for killing groundhogs is to pump a good dose of propane (about a 1lb tank) into the hole, wait for it to disperse (VERY important) and ignite.

A mole is just a small groundhog, kinda….

Alternately you can pump the propane into the hole, wait for the little bugger to pop out, and whack him with a shovel.

For all you great white hunters .

Check this out for a bit of nemisis.

The best laid plans of mice and men aft gang a glaye. <g>

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

Boy that was one expensive gopher hunt. (lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

good thing to remember—the holes go EVERYWHERE… and so the flame would go EVERYWHERE>

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Man am I fortunate (geez where is that wood to knock on) ... no moles in my hard, can’t even imagine … ...

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b