Re: *%&$#@ Moles!

On Wed 23 Dec, Michael C. Owler wrote:
> Quick and easy ... we had moles ... stop by at a flea 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 eighth
> of an inch hole in the lip of each pan...push the bars into the ground
> about a foot or until 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 pretty 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 ...

re. pie pans. Do you mean the disposable 1-trip pans? What size?

re. rebar. Please define. Is it something like quarter-inch mild steel?

What if the moles are deaf, like mine? Windmills, traffic, electronic
sounders had no effect.

> >>on the 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 ;
 Remember it's not sterile, lots of weed seeds &c.

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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