To take up the mole traps from PIL lawn?

[MoogDroog]

Staying at the PILs whilst they're away for the week. Beautiful garden with a lawn currently getting ruined by 'that bloody mole'. FIL has set traps, holes dig in lawn trap laid, piece of ply on top.
He's set up a goalpost next to the minefield for DCs (2 and 4.5) to play with. MIL expressed some concern about 'tiny fingers' but was dismissed.
They left a couple of hours ago and DH is taking them up.
We're right aren't we?

IT'S NOT THE OPS GARDEN!!!!

it doesn't matter what we all think. it's not her garden so she shouldn't be interfering.

it's not against the law.

she should take the moral high ground,if thats how she feels,and leave.

I'm not even sure if its a love of moles that is driving the OP.

Isn't she more concerned about the traps injuring her children?

In which case she can move the goalpost and supervise them to keep them away from the trap.

Moles are certainly a menace in a vegetable patch.

I was born in the country.

No one is allowed to chop Simon in two

"Here's to the little gentleman in black velvet"

Woah! This has moved on a bit...

Just to be clear that we've temporarily removed the traps that were slap bang in the middle of the lawn for safety reasons. My morals or feelings towards wildlife didn't really enter into it.
They were fucking vicious, my 2 year old is lacking in sense curious and I thought the risk to be too great.
DH says he'll put them back when we leave.

by the time you leave the lawn could be a total mole kingdom and cut to peices.

they do look bloody horrible I agree but honestly be careful here as I had no idea how fast moles can destroy a lawn until we had them.

you could cover them with flower pots as you probably be out with your dcs anyway as little.

King Billy was killed when his horse stumbled on a molehill and bucked him off or out of his carriage. That's a hazard right there.

😄😄

thebody I addressed the OP way upthread.

I am sorry that you seem to have so little respect for nature and I am also sorry that you feel that personal abuse is a good way to get your point across.

Yes, moles are pretty vicious.

I remember ,my brother and I finding one on a picnic - he was delighted, picked it up and it bit him.

Was very soft of fur though.

I think the two yo would be more attracted to the flower pots tbh

I didn't get bit by Simon. Oooh perhaps I am a mole whisperer? I shall travel the land with my mole attracting ways and mystical mole handling powers.

I'd be pissed of and remove them regardless of kids. If they harm the poor moles, they need to go! Obviously childrens safety is also a concern, but even if that was not an issue, they'd be gone!

Samotrutta I think that the OP meant that the traps were vicious!

Yes! And train them to keep their terrible digging ways confined to littlemogs garden.

...joke.

Simon is an excellent name for a mole.

My last post was to HoneyDragon

Traps may be vicious but moles are too!!!

I'll have to bring the fridge too obviously that's an integral part of mole whispering. Which may fuck up the gardens more than the moles ...

Moles can be right bastards.

You only have to read duncton wood to see that.

Love the Duncton Wood books! Think they need to be re-read......

They all got a bit bloody weird though, I think it's been years.

OP could be saving the mole version of Jesus here, it could even be Simon which would make honey dragon the mother of god.

Or something.

littlemog, I said you talked crap. you do. you said I talked crap. your view. it's not really that personal is it.??

I found a mole under my fridge. I didn't actual birth a mole.

I've only ever found a tiny screwdriver under my fridge

And a boiled sweet.

I must be doing something wrong...

I wonder if that mole dug his way right through your foundations and up through your floor Honey??

Little beggar!