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June 15, 2008 at 2:59 pm #587216
MargLMemberSo a little garden visitor poked its rump out of the hole it was digging in my garden this morning and I realized – Hey! That’s a MOLE!
Not sure I want it tunneling around in there. Anyone have effective methods of mole deterrent that are also kid-safe? (We have a 2-year-old that’s even harder to keep out of the garden than a mole!)
D’oh meant to put this in Open Discussion…
June 15, 2008 at 3:28 pm #627791
JenVMembercats love moles… :) and they’re very kid safe.
June 15, 2008 at 3:42 pm #627792
MargLMemberWe have several neighborhood cats that make the rounds thru the yard every day. So far they’re only interested in using my garden as a litter box!
June 15, 2008 at 3:59 pm #627793
BonnieParticipantMy FIL used to use a shovel and try to kill them with it. Not recommending that. LOL!
June 15, 2008 at 4:23 pm #627794
SueParticipantCiscoe often mentions this “mole blaster” recipe on Gardening with Ciscoe: http://www.ciscoe.com/garden/topics/moles.html
I don’t know anything about it, but he swears by it.
June 15, 2008 at 5:06 pm #627795
ShibaguyzMemberCan’t say as we’ve ever had a mole problem here in our little space (knock on wood) but I’ve definitely heard that the Ciscoe recipe works. Let us know if you use that and how it works out!
June 15, 2008 at 5:22 pm #627796
WSBKeymasterNote that moles can be beneficial.
That is noted on this page along with suggested non-dangerous ways to deter them (despite the toxic-sounding domain name)
June 15, 2008 at 5:49 pm #627797
hopeyParticipantI surfed around from the links above and found this info from WSU: http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/lawn001/lawn001.htm
June 15, 2008 at 9:55 pm #627798
JoBParticipantMy shibas do a pretty good job of keeping moles out of the yard:)
unfortunately, they do a pretty good job of keeping visitors out of the house too:(
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