allanb Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I've had fair success with the explosive device, like a tiny firework, that is triggered when the mole comes along to find out who disturbed his molehill. It must be the most humane method.Admittedly we don't have small children playing in the garden; that could be a problem. I don't see much point in anything that merely drives the moles away. Where are they going to go? Your neighbour will do his best to send them back, and you can't blame him, can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhorse Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 [quote user="allanb"]I've had fair success with the explosive device, like a tiny firework, that is triggered when the mole comes along to find out who disturbed his molehill. It must be the most humane method.Admittedly we don't have small children playing in the garden; that could be a problem. I don't see much point in anything that merely drives the moles away. Where are they going to go? Your neighbour will do his best to send them back, and you can't blame him, can you?[/quote]It seems that killing a mole just creates a vacuum to be filled by another mole. The solution is only temporary.I've started to reap the harvest of lovely tilth. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Lesson No 23. How to impress your French neighbours:1. Bounce a heavy ball repeatedly in the back garden2. If that doesn't annoy them enough, rig the lawn so that it explodes occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I like your style, Alan!Claymores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinfrance Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Give them a big tip.and tell them to go away[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 [quote user="Gluestick"]I like your style, Alan!Claymores? [/quote]Just make sure you get them the right way round, unless you mean those big Scottish cleaver things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Whichever he means, perhaps it's just as well he's 400 miles to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee&Nik Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 LMAO!! Alan Lesson No 23 made me chuckle!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Lesson No 24. How to impress your French neighbours:1. Bounce a heavy ball repeatedly in the back garden2. See the moles burrow into their gardensAnother week has gone by and the moles are not back. I'm still bouncing the football every day though.Should I patent the idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 [quote user="Cathy"]Lesson No 24. How to impress your French neighbours:1. Bounce a heavy ball repeatedly in the back garden2. See the moles burrow into their gardensAnother week has gone by and the moles are not back. I'm still bouncing the football every day though.Should I patent the idea?[/quote]Maybe a video, "The Cathy method to fitness and mole free existence" ( or how to really p**s off your neighbours) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Jane Fonda, here I come.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Gluestick, I realy do worry about you at times. Slapper moles indeed and on the sabbath too???I have said it before and will repeat myself. The best way to stop moles digging up your garden is to hide their bruddy shovels!!As has been said earlier, moles are territorial and if you get rid of one lt it then becomes a 'des-res' for the next lot. If you leave them they will dig their runs and when they have completed that they will not dig any more. They get rid of a lot of undesirables in the garden and do a lot of good as well as the initial molehills. By destroying their runs they will carry on and dig more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Progress report:I went away for 3 days last week. A mole or two came back because, upon my return, there were two small holes at the end of their tunnels. So out came the football, boucing it 10 times every time I went out into the garden. Hey presto. They haven't been back. It's now 4 days since I did this and there are NO more mole hills.Bouncing a football a day keeps the moles at bay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 And you have had more success with a football than either the English or French national teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 [:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 [:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Alan, you will have to admit that most people are better than those 2 'teams'/bunches at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yes, it's not the greatest of boasts. Not that the Italians were very inventive last night, either, continually lobbing the ball into a lone central forward. But that's presumably for another post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Back to moles.I have been happily reading about the mole problems of others and smugly thinking 'we dont have moles' - WRONG.Just had a phone conversation with SWMBO and we have a major mole issue. To the extent that she watched a new mole hill grow in front of her this afternoon.She claims there is a French mole trap which you place in the hole, when triggered by said mole it gets decapitated [6] She refuses point blank to inflict such punishment on a mole.I think we need a Cathy video copy and a heavy football. I wonder if that would keep the grand children occupied? [I]How long is the mole 'season' anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Season? What season? They dig all year round don't they??[6][6][6]Poor little things, leave them alone you big bully [6][blink]... They are only trying to earn a living after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 The nearest neighbour is hundreds of metres away, we are surrounded by acres of farmland, WHY do the 'poor little things' have to choose our garden?Insensitive, unfeeling, destructive little saboteurs, they are probably bred in some dark cottage to be anti-English [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Steve, I always knew that you had no sense of humour [6]? They are very sensitive, feeling and constructive little things. Just look at the incredible underground system they have in your own garden. You should be proud of them, not angry [:D]. Sit down, relax and have a nice cool beer[B]. You will feel much better about the situation and yourself [8-|][8-|]!! Edit :- Just noticed your signature. 12 daze to France peut etra??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 [quote user="Jonzjob"] Edit :- Just noticed your signature. 12 daze to France peut etra???[/quote]Ins'Allah ps 'God Willing' for the non-arabic speakers amongst us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhorse Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 The smoke bombs worked for a couple of days, then they came back and opened up the runs with fresh hills. So I'm now trying the sonic devices. No moles for a week, now, and the battery devices were cheaper than the bombs.They've also cleared out from half of my neighbour's garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 [quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="Jonzjob"] Edit :- Just noticed your signature. 12 daze to France peut etra???[/quote]Ins'Allah ps 'God Willing' for the non-arabic speakers amongst us.[/quote]Yim kin, you missed out the maybe me thinks? Good for you mate. It's probably a bit cooler here, but not much yim kin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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