Invasion of the moles !
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Posted: Mar/05/2008 5:25 PM PST
 A whole army of moles, voles,gophers,and or prarie dogs have invaded my lawn. What do I use to get them to move away? Some say chewing gum, smoke bombs, water hoses down tunnels, cats ? Help!!!! I caught my husband watching "Caddy Shack!!!:
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Posted: Mar/05/2008 7:58 PM PST
Get rid of the grubs in your lawn and they will move on. They feed on grubs that grow and mature just under the sod of your lawn. Treat the lawn for grubs and they have nothing to feed on. 
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Posted: Mar/06/2008 3:29 AM PST
Thanks Mama Bear, I didn;t know I had grubs as well. Yikes!!! 
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Posted: Mar/09/2008 5:05 PM PST
I'm not sure about crubs being the calling in my yard. The prairie dogs dug next to the house and under the foundation. A slab foundation no less. I poured ashes from my fireplace down their holes. I noticed after a few weeks of that.. They moved on.. |
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Posted: Mar/26/2008 3:16 PM PST
ya well...the ash from your fire is also a great soil enhancer, in small abount mixed with dirt....they are right remove the grubs and you remove the pests... one of the thing that I hear works is Milk spores has any one tryed it? I guess I would not want to hang around if I had ash on my house so maybe you have come up with a great idea!!! |
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Posted: Apr/09/2008 7:03 AM PST
We put two of those noise-making spikes into the ground in different areas of our back yard garden. I was skeptical that a little noise every few minutes would bother them, but sure enough it did. |
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Posted: Apr/14/2008 4:58 AM PST
I just found this section!! I have a mole problem all of a sudden. Well, not all of a sudden recently. It's been a couple of years now, but prior to that I have never had any! I never had them before at all. Then one morning we awoke to the landscape of the moon. We do merit on the lawn for Japanese beetles, so I wouldn't think the moles would have much reason to invade the place, but I found out that they love earthworms, too. Now that I have earthworms, after years of composting, maintaining a decent lawn, etc., I have moles running everywhere. I tried whirlygigs, gum, loads of mole bait of every brand and nothing has worked. What kind of noise makers are you talking about? I haven't heard of that one. Any suggestions would be WELCOME! |
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Posted: Apr/14/2008 8:22 AM PST
Get a small radio that you can fit into the entrance of their tunnels and tune it in to Rush Limbaugh. That'll chase 'em away. |
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Posted: Apr/14/2008 5:41 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by stereoman Get a small radio that you can fit into the entrance of their tunnels and tune it in to Rush Limbaugh. That'll chase 'em away.That would keep me out of your yard ROFROAO |
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Posted: Apr/14/2008 10:04 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by witt I just found this section!! I have a mole problem all of a sudden. Well, not all of a sudden recently. It's been a couple of years now, but prior to that I have never had any! I never had them before at all. Then one morning we awoke to the landscape of the moon. We do merit on the lawn for Japanese beetles, so I wouldn't think the moles would have much reason to invade the place, but I found out that they love earthworms, too. Now that I have earthworms, after years of composting, maintaining a decent lawn, etc., I have moles running everywhere.I tried whirlygigs, gum, loads of mole bait of every brand and nothing has worked. What kind of noise makers are you talking about? I haven't heard of that one. Any suggestions would be WELCOME! Here's the website: http://www.molechaser.com/hd.html Make sure you can get as much of it in the ground as you can. We've been using two of them in different sections of our yard and they've worked great! |
