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Mole Problem? Keep moles out of your garden or yard

Moles are not really bad little animals, they just like to share our gardens and yards making a home for themselves. If you are having problems with moles eating your bulbs and digging in the yard, then have a look at the following

Using glass milk bottle, dig holes in the soil and insert the milk bottle so that just the neck sticks out. Do this anywhere that you want the moles to keep away from, and where you know that they are living right now. The noise created by the wind blowing over the bottle necks will drive the Moles mad. They will pack up and move to another home away from the milk bottles.

Here is another thing that Moles dislike: Eucalyptus leaves. You can buy eucalyptus leaves from herbal stores, home centers and some flower shops. Push the leaves down the holes that the little moles have left behind.

If you are an experienced gardener, you may already know that Moles will damage and eats the roots of your cultivated plants in the garden. Next time you are digging a trench to plant your young seedlings be sure to line it with fine gauge wire netting so that the mole will not be able to 'get to' your plants.

Moles also hate vibration. So another great idea is to buy a few children's pinwheels. The type that move around in the wind. Place them around your garden where moles are a problem and you find that they will be soon heading elsewhere.

Do you know someone that clips their dog hair. If so ask them for some of the dog hair. Stuff the dog hair down the mole holes. The moles will hate it.

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Mole do not eat roots-bulbs Comments By: Brian Iverson All the articles, pamphlets etc that I have read say moles eat grubs & worms. They may disturb plants in their travels, and may end up killing them, but they do not eat them. Sometimes mice and other critters will find a home in the moles burrows and they will eat roots/bulbs, etc. Most 'scientific advice (garden centers, cooperative extension services) say traps are the only effective deterent and pssibly spraying the lawn with a castor oil mixture. The castor oil will make the grubs etc taste bad. Moles will however, move next door and will return if/when the castor oil is leeched from the soil. Re-apply as needed.   moles are killing my garden Comments By: onky i've placed a mole trap in my garden in the mole tunnel but he mole just diggs around it,what can i do. TipKing says: Moles can smell your scent on a mole trap and will avoid it. Leave the mole trap outside for a few days and wear gloves and be very careful when you place the trap not to touch too much soil.   Cheap and cheerful Comments By: Tracy Steel I need a remedy thats very cheap as I can ill afford expensive pest control at this time of year. I know you have mentioned milk bottles and pin wheels but do they work? I have read on another site that sound does not travel underground so this is inaffective.....please help as my garden is very small and 12 hills have almost covered it...   my cats are bums Comments By: ollie tabooger we have four cats that all go outside and nothing has happened to our mole issue and i want to try your method with the glass bottle but i have a feeling it won't work   Human scent no problem. Comments By: The Moleman If human scent would deter moles, funeral homes would be grinding up bodies and emptying porta potties just to make and sell a product.   moles in your garden Comments By: ann hi if you have a mole problem in your garden and want to control it.contact the British mole catchers register through google they will find you a mole catcher or if in Lancashire try www.lancashire-molecatcher.co.uk   mole deterent Comments By: Ross I've tried everything, sonic devices, frittilaria bulbs (like sork bulb also tried), children's sand castle windmills, a jeyes fluid and water mix (started, but it came back). Traps look barbaric and just wanted to persuade it to leave. 69p per litre Lidel bleach (neat) and haven't seen it for 5 days now! And its rained and rained and rained when worms come to the top and moles follow!   Mole deterrent Comments By: randfmoore Would chile powder placed in the tunnel be a deterrent? It deters elephants in the Zambezi valley from eating the farmer's crops.