Gardening

SWBTATTReg

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19. use a shovel

Sat Aug 5, 2017, 07:31 PM

Aug 2017

on my grandma's yard, I'd walk around and you can see where the moles tunnel while they're actually doing so...when I saw movement, I'd plunge my shovel into the ground and dig the critters up. We'd take them to a spot by the river and release them in the woods...kind of different, but it worked...

edited...forgot to mention that you'll need leather gloves or tough gloves of other material to pick up the critters and place into a bucket...they have sharp teeth/claws...

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How do you get rid of moles in the yard? [View all] CountAllVotes Aug 2017 OP

You don't...you go to the doctor. ret5hd Aug 2017 #1

Get a cat Lunabell Aug 2017 #2

three cats CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #6

get a pit bull DBoon Aug 2017 #27

I've had luck with LakeArenal Aug 2017 #3

Will check into that CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #4

There's also dry repellent. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #5

Thanks CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #7

I also get rid of them with mole pellets at the hardware store get a few pa ks FloridaBlues Aug 2017 #21

I want to get rid of the moles in D.C. Sanity Claws Aug 2017 #8

Creepy damn thing! CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #12

Check your state and local laws GP6971 Aug 2017 #9

Where I live it's against the law Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #25

That must be the law here CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #34

Northern California is where I live. n/t Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #43

:) CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #44

Lots of dry ice down the holes might work Warpy Aug 2017 #26

Black snakes TEB Aug 2017 #10

You Might Want To Compare Notes With Ag Jefferson Beauregard Sessions global1 Aug 2017 #11

What about gophers? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #15

I expect a tweet from Trump soon DBoon Aug 2017 #28

Chew a huge bunch of bubblegum and shove the wads down the holes. sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #31

Get a Teddy Roosevelt Rat Terrier (also called Type B, Short-legged Rat Terrier) populistdriven Aug 2017 #13

My family raised terriers CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #16

You might learn safeinOhio Aug 2017 #14

I used milky spore. Glamrock Aug 2017 #17

Where to you get milky spore? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #18

I picked it up at the local garden center. Glamrock Aug 2017 #22

use a shovel SWBTATTReg Aug 2017 #19

They don't allow that where I live CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #40

The best luck I've had Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #20

What yard? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #41

All the more reason to Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #42

Just get a mallet and wack them. It might take a while. brush Aug 2017 #23

Moles eat the grubs in your lawn - the kind that turn into Japanese beetles. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #24

So as others have suggested, cats and dogs can work wonders... Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #29

They do not have it where I live but ... CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #45

Uncover the mole hole and stick a old time gopher (wire) trap in the hole - cover it back up and demosincebirth Aug 2017 #30

Get a comfortable lawn chair, a good spot light, a bag of chips, Doreen Aug 2017 #32

I read on a blog where a fellow from the UK uses "petrol", Lint Head Aug 2017 #33

Thanks for that idea CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #35

The moles, ground hog and skunk JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #36

I can't have a dog CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #37

Ahhh I missed that JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #38

Update CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #39

Sweeney's mole and gopher sonic spike Rocinante Sep 2017 #46

Thanks for the idea CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #47

This may have gotten rid of them! CountAllVotes Oct 2017 #48

My cat ran away! CountAllVotes Nov 2017 #49