Re: *%&$#@ Moles!

Quick and easy ... we had moles ... stop by at a flee market and buy a dozen
Aluminuim pie pans ...and 36 foot of inexpensive steel bar like I used
rebar...cut the bar into 3 foot sections...punch an eight of an inch hole in
the lip of each pan...push the bars into the gound about a foot or untill
they are sturdy and attach each of the pie pans to the top...( With about 8
10  inches between the pan and the top of the bars) nylon string lasts the
longest...  don't look pritty but works...something to to with the wind
knocking the pans on the poles is irritating to moles ... sounds almost like
wind chimes at a distance...good luck ... got any organic quick solutions to
bugs in the garden that are this easy???
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Lucas <lucas10@email.msn.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 11:46 AM
Subject: Fw: *%&$#@ Moles!


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>-----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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