Fw: *%&$#@ Moles!


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lucas <lucas10@email.msn.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: 22 December 1998 19:38
Subject: Re: *%&$#@ Moles!


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sue Callaghan <scallagh@african-life.co.za>
>To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
>Date: 21 December 1998 12:22
>Subject: *%&$#@ Moles!
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>>Hi all,
>>We have a problem with moles in our garden. Until recently they kept
>>their attention focussed on my bulbs and other parts of the flower
>>garden which annoyed me but now the little &%$#'s have moved into the
>>veggie patch and I really want to get rid of them. I don't want to use
>>poisons on them (especially near food that I eat myself) but we have run
>>out of ideas. We have tried various non-poison methods to no avail -
>>mothballs get tossed back out of the holes as soon I turn my back; they
>>seemed to LIKE the noise produced by the pieces of irrigation pipe we
>>stuck into the heaps, strong smelling herbs/weeds are treated the same
>>way as the moth balls and the dogs do more damage trying to dig them up
>>than the moles did in the first place! Does anyone out there have a
>>method of forcing them to move on that actually works?
>>I wrote in a few weeks ago about my non-producing Tomatillo plants, but
>>received no replies - is everyone in the US hibernating for the Winter?
>>I'd really appreciate some suggestions as to why I've had no fruit off
>>two bushes that are five months old now. Lots of blossoms, but no fruit
>>at all - if they set fruit, it drops off soon afterwards. The tomatoes,
>>peppers and everything else growing nearby are producing like crazy, so
>>I don't think it's a lack of water or nutrients. I was led to believe
>>that Tomatillos are easy to grow, but I'm not so sure now....
>>May you all have a peaceful, pleasant Christmas, Chanukah, Ramadaan, New
>>Year, Winter/Summer Solstice or whatever festival you happen to be
>>celebrating.
>>Cheers
>>Sue in Sunny SA
>>Hi Sue in sunny SA
>Here in cold/rainy England we too have problems with moles.l have noticed
>that moles do not go in to the fields where the cows and horses are.Maybe
>they do not like the disturbance or the compaction of the ground,we have
>also found that unfortunateley  poison is the only means of control,lt is
>surprising how many hills one or two moles can make,however there is a plus
>side if you decide to live with your moles,the soil from the hills makes
>excellent potting compost.Yours from less than sunny U.K Louise ;
>By the way what are tomatillos?
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