Moles

[traingeekboy]

Found this in the news today:

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/02/moles-smell-in-stereo/

It made me rethink the mole issue. They root around in search of food. So maybe if you killed whatever they eat, they would go away.

[AndyR]

Thanks for that Griff! They have wrecked the lawn over the last month, but thankfully left the railway in peace with the exception of one slight attack.. Regarding removing their food source, not an option

They mainly eat earth worms, so removing them from the garden is impossible without I guess destroying the whole ecosystem! I have a plan to perhaps relay the lawn with a layer of fine wire mesh under the turf. Not sure how feasible this would be but I am sorely tempted.

[roddy]

Vibration deters moles. I have seen that even the kiddies windmills on sticks pushed into the ground can keep them away.

[AndyR]

Thanks Roddy, now that actually makes some sense. Until the tail end of the year there were a few kids windmills planted in a raised flower bed in the centre of the lawn. Now they have gone the moles are back! I will be buying some more asap. Thanks!

[essex2visuvesi]

How to deal with moles

 

[george356]

Strangely enough, the chap at 3min 21sec advising Carrott to use windmills is the spitting image of Roddy

[roddy]

george356 said:

Strangely enough, the chap at 3min 21sec advising Carrott to use windmills is the spitting image of Roddy

Cheeky beggar. I haven't got a hat like that.