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Re: Moles + wildlife and gardens in general

In a message dated 9/28/2002 12:14:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@hort.net writes:


moles are carnivores.
They do NOT eat plants; they do not eat chewing gum; they do not eat
castor oil.  They eat worms, grubs and other soil dwelling insects.


That said, moles dug the most extraordinary network of tunnels in my garden, and lots of plants died each year as a result, just collapsing into the tunnels. It could be because the soil around the roots was dislodged and also because other small animals -- mice, chipmunks -- use the tunnels after the moles dig them. The moles are after grubs and the milky spore I recommended  in a previous email kills the grubs. I truly hate to kill anything but getting rid of the grubs somehow seems reasonable to me.
     Andrea Barrist Stern
     Woodstock, NY
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