garden moles?

Question

how can i get rid of garden moles our lawn is getting holes every where a friend sprined there ankle badly

Answer 1

Believe it or not, I found that pressing a mothball into each molehill drove them away.

Answer 2

Safely & Permanently Remove Moles, Warts and Skin Blemishes

Answer 3

I know this sounds weird, but bury some Juicy Fruit (yes, the chewing gum) down in the tunnels. It drives them away. Why spend money for a trap when you can get gum for a 50pmaybe you'll have a few sticks left over to chew while admiring your mole-free lawn!

Answer 4

I say embrace nature whenever possible. This is what makes a yard a sanctuary for wildlife. I've just put in an owl box that will hopefully attract an owl come nesting season. Once an owl is nesting in my yard, they will no doubt take out any moles that dare stick their head above ground.

My neighbors tried using the sonic noise that you stick in the ground. The noise drives the moles nuts but doesn't bother humans. It drives the moles away. It worked cause now I got their moles! They're disturbing some of my freshly planted plants. Hence the owl box.

Win win for nature and me. I get owls in my back yard, moles disappear, my freshly planted plants can take root, and I've increased the ever depleting owl habitat.

Answer 5

alot of times, people have moles because they have grubs which are small worm looking insects that will kill your grass. If you have lots of brown patches in your lawn there is a good chance that you may have grubs too. you may want to consider getting a grub killer like grub ex, too. Incase there are grubs that are causing a lot of moles in your lawn. To get rid of the moles I know alot of people who purchase a product called poision peanuts. it's in a cone like cylander they sell them at lowes and probably a lot of other lawn and garden places. This should help with them too, but if you have grubs you do want to get rid of them too, because the moles will eventually come back. Check out Scotts website for more info.

Answer 6

there are 2 ways the first is traps there are 2 types of traps the barrel trap and the scissor trap to set these traps you need to find the run underground use a proder around the areas of the hills you will feel when you've found it then dig a hole into its run and place the trap already set gently cover it over and make sure you seal all around the trap and wait till next day the other method is worms soaked in cyanide but you need a licence for this as it's dangerous my advice would be to get the vermin control in they don't cost that much

Answer 7

Click this link:
http://americanatural.com/granmolrep.html

Answer 8

I had this problem and the greenkeeper from the local golf course got rid of them by dipping worms in strychnine and putting them in the tunnels. Moles eat the worms and die then other moles eat the dead moles and they die and this repeats for 9 times. This was a last resort after other things were ineffective. Strychnine is only sold to licensed users

Answer 9

First find out what you really have. "moles" rarely leave big holes in the yard. And they actually do some good airating the soil. Ground squirles do though! (horrible things!!!) I've tried the moth ball thing. All that does is make them move over a bit. Tried hair. (dog or human, both are a deterant.) Same result. They make baits you can find in any home improvement store. I've had limited success with that too. Kill one, ten more to replace it.
This summer... I'm trying a natural method. Several plant species are also deterants. And are supposed to work a lot further out than the hair or mothball thing.
castor beans for example. But those get really big so you need space.
Pine, just about any kind, put sap in the area they don't like.
There are also windmills you can find, I haven't tried yet but they have a rod that vibrates the ground as they spin. the theory is the critters can't stand it and leave. (Or put on ear muffs.)

If you ever find a solution that actually works, would you email me????

Answer 10

Dog hair in the holes work as well.