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Fw: moles/castor beans

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----- Original Message -----
From: kathleen feingold <eric@INTERBOOK.NET>
To: <OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 5:02 AM
Subject: moles/castor beans


> Hello Fellow Gardeners,
>         A while back there was once again talk about combating moles in
the
> garden.  As every year, someone wrote to say that moles only eat worms and
> grubs, but at least here in Southern Spain, that's not true.  Here they
eat
> all root crops and enjoy the roots of swiss chard, artichoke, and lately,
> lettuces. I have tried various suggested remedies, all to no avail.  They
> include pig hair, chewing gum, the anti mole plant a sonic device,
homemade
> traps and castor oil solution.  One thing I haven't tried yet is the
castor
> plant itself, having no seeds available.  I would like to try that this
> year and would be most grateful if someone could send me some seeds.  I
> would be happy to pay for them and the mailing costs too, of course. Can
> anyone help?
>   Resigned, but not totally, to sharing the garden,     Kathleen

   I found this and thought it might be of interest to some of us.  And I
thought the only good use for castor oil was mixed with alcohol as a model
engine fuel.  It seems other creatures dislike it as well as us:>)


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