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Pooka
Oh Happy Day!!
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Moles
I was just in the backyard picking up my puppy's poop (lovely, I know) and I noticed some tracks. I think we have a mole!!! How d o you get rid of a mole?
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Posted 8/17/07 12:19 PM  |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
Member since 12/05 20105 total posts
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Lauren
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Re: Moles
how do you know its a mole?
and why do you need to get rid of it?
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| Posted 8/17/07 12:50 PM |
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Pooka
Oh Happy Day!!
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Re: Moles
Posted by SweetTooth
how do you know its a mole?
and why do you need to get rid of it?
moles destroy your property from the ground up. They dig underground trails that tear the soil and create soft spots all over the yard.
I don't want to kill it! I just want it to leave my yard. I wonder if there is a way to catch it and bring it somewhere else.
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| Posted 8/17/07 2:47 PM |
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Maathy317
Grammie's Little Man
Member since 2/06 3235 total posts
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Re: Moles
Moles eat grubs and worms that are in the soil. There are only two ways to get rid of them. Apply grub control to the lawn to get rid of their food supply or kill them. You can drown them, use a "gopher gasser" or take the approach my neighbor did once. He followed the tunnel as the mole was digging and then killed it with a pitchfork. You can't trap them, but, you need to get rid of them as soon as possible or they will destroy your lawn.
Hey, maybe Yogi will do what Reba used to. She would position herself in front of the tunnel and then at just the right time, she would dig down and flip the offending mole out onto the lawn, breaking its neck. She got two of them that way.
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| Posted 8/17/07 3:02 PM |
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MrsKelly
just hangin' around...
Member since 11/06 6305 total posts
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Krista
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Re: Moles
Posted by Maathy317
or take the approach my neighbor did once. He followed the tunnel as the mole was digging and then killed it with a pitchfork.
omg there has to be a better way!
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| Posted 8/17/07 6:15 PM |
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Shellyfj
LIF Adolescent
Member since 8/07 744 total posts
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Shelly
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Re: Moles
Is this common in LI? Is there a way to prevent them?
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| Posted 8/20/07 1:17 AM |
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