How do I get rid of a mole?

[ninamag]

We have holes all over the lawn and they are making a terrible mess. Is there any way of getting of them humanely or are we stuck with them.

ha ha ha, sorry i really thought you meant you had a troublesome mole on your person somewhere!
i am afraid i have no idea but good luck!

I've had limited success with going 'round the garden 3x per day (or more) and 'stomping down' the raised earth tunnels (stomped very hard, so must have looked like a mad woman to the neighbours). I imagine that eventually the moles got tired of re-digging their tunnels and went somewhere more hospitable.

The other method happened when the man cutting the front garden grass actually witnessed the ground being pushed up as a tunnel was being dug out. He was quite pleased with himself when he told me he had solved the problem with the sharp edge of a spade.

Have heard that if you put windmills in their mole hills the vibrations upset them and they move on.

My grandmother, use to give us chewing gum to chew, after we chewed it for a while we were to drop it down the mole holes, the moles in theory would eat them but erm it basically killed them by starving them to death i think it was something to do with not allowing them to swallow (clearly not humane but still an idea)

I also we no longer do this

Or apparently put bramble sticks down the holes, apparently the don't like the sharp edges.

My cat once brought one into the house, they're vicious little buggers and not cute at all - I always thought they had the personality of Roly Mo. Anyhow had to get my neighbour round wearing big gloves to get it out the house, he put it in the field next to my house, I swear the thing was back in my garden digging up fresh holes within the hour. My lawn has lots of bald spots from mole hills this year.

bramble sticks so nicer

Apparently they are buggers very difficult to get rid of.... My father used to use florists foam soaked in eucalyptus oil down the holes - bet that cleared their nasal passages - but now he just uses mole traps! It is a more permanent solution; until the next one comes along.

My father tried putting wine bottles in the holes to make a noise when the wind blew. Unfortunately he has quite a big garden and all they did was make more tunnels (and therefore hills) in an attempt to get away from the noise! Might work in a small garden but the neighbours might not like it.

Otherwise I think it is traps, just make sure they are well down so they don't catch any ankles.

I saw an advert in one of the gardening mags the other day and thought of this thread. If you're still around, I can try and fish it out. It was some sort of bulb you plant in the ground that moles hate the smell of.

My dad pees in the holes, apparently the smell freaks them out [bit ashamed to admit this]

rofl

very organic solution

Get a mole trap from an ironmongers. It looks like a big round clothespeg. Dig a couple of inches into the latest run, set the trap, cover the hole with grass or something then dispose of the mole. You may have to do it a few times as new moles will move into the run.
There are millions of moles as the law changed about controlling them.

Interesting fact - they don't have moles in Ireland. I only found this out recently (despite growing up there). Explains why I have never seen any there!

Borrow someones dachshund.

They LOVE digging the little buggers out of the mole runs, and once the mole colony realises the dog is there (and has got one or two), they'll up sticks and go.

urine works..... we train our dog to pee on the holes and they wouldnt come back.

Maybe you could pee in a container and pour it over the mounds..... sounds vile but I swear it work with our dog.

i was gonna say go to the doctors....