Re: Need some advice...

I remember discussing that. Don't know if it works.  I'd set it on a Rap
station.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Libby Valentine" <L_Valentine@adelphia.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Need some advice...


> I know this is an old topic and I haven't read through the thread, but has
> anyone tried the radio trick?  As I recall it goes something like putting
a
> radio in plastic, setting it to a station that plays music with a good
bass
> line, and burying it in/near the tunnel.  The moles do not like the
> vibration and tend to clear out of the area for a while.
>
> My brother-in-laws mother used to plant castor beans around the property
to
> discourage moles, but that's not a short-term solution.
>
> Libby
> Maryland zone 6
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Need some advice...
>
>
> > You know, Bonnie, reading your post again, there really isn't any way
> > to ensure that you will not have moles working that area as long as
> > it contains food for them.  If you manage to kill the one(s) that are
> > there now, others will come to take their place.  I wonder if that
> > soil is perhaps looser than the surrounding area; has more organic
> > material and thus more earthworms or something...something that's
> > attracting them to the area around the pond...
> >
> > I do know, from sad experience, that moles can die from excessive
> > soil vibration right next to them...one day I was building a
> > retaining wall and there was a mole working right where I was; I
> > could see the soil heaving...I just kept on pounding in stakes and
> > the mole surfaced and died right in my hand - I was very sad:-(  Had
> > I realized this, I would have moved away until the mole moved on.
> > They have the absolutely softest fur on the planet.  I expect this is
> > why those odd pinwheel mole discouragers are sold tho' I do not think
> > they are particularly effective in reality.
> >
> > I am a mole fan...anything that aerates my stolid clay soil and eats
> > Japanese beetle grubs is a friend of mine.  I just stomp tunnels in
> > what passes for our lawn if they get on my nerves...otherwise I think
> > what grass I have is grateful for the loosening of the otherwise
> > compacted soil:-)
> >
> > Here's a link to extensive information about moles and their control
> > in Virginia:
> >
> > http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/wildlife/420-201/420-201.html
> >
> > And another from Oregon:
> >
> > http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/ec/ec987/ec987.html
> >
> > And less information, but better pix from Ohio
> >
> > http://ohioline.osu.edu/w-fact/0011.html
> >
> > The Virginia site points out that mole traps pose dangers to the
> > installer of same as well as pets and other small wildlife.  If
> > trapping is what you decide to do, it appears it is best left to a
> > professional mole exterminator.  Poisons are also difficult and
> > dangerous, even if the average homeowner can get those rated for
> > moles...
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
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> > > From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > >
> > > As you know, I'm the live and let live type of person, but this is
> > the first
> > > time I've had a mole do so much damage!  Since we put the pond in,
> > a mole
> > > has been making long runs to the pond, around the surrounding area
> > and right
> > > back to the pond.  We've pressed the disturbed soil back down and
> > an hour or
> > > two later, the "hill" is larger and taller.  It has killed out much
> > of the
> > > grass on the West side of the pond.
> > >
> > > I know that his presence probably means I have some underground
> > problem (is
> > > it grubs they go after?) but what would be the safest and sanest
> > way to stop
> > > the devastation.  I'm really worried momma will take her little dog
> > outside
> > > and trip over or fall into one of the mole's hills.  Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks and blessings,
> > > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
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