Moles!

[arealhuman]

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I moved recently to a more rural location. I've discovered we have moles in our garden! Can anyone suggest a humane way of dealing with them please? I really don't want to get a mole catcher involved which, as I understand it, will involve killing them. I've heard coffee can be a deterrent by placing it in the opening of the holes, although I can't see how that will prevent them from digging elsewhere, and as our dog runs around in the garden, I don't know if that'll be detrimental to him.

All suggestions welcome!

 

[JudyN]

There's only one way to get rid of a mole....

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=604988457560557

Sorry, that's no use whatsoever

 

[JudyN]

Oh what a shame, it won't show the vid. Well, those of a certain age will know exactly what I posted - Jasper Carrott's sketch 'There's only one way to get rid of a mole'. Pure comic classic, but not much help with getting rid of moles humanely!

 

[JoanneF]

I can't help but it reminded me of a story of two neighbours, who fell out - badly - over something.

One was incredibly proud of his bowling green standard lawn, on which he spent a huge amount of time and effort.

One night, the other neighbour went in with a grow-bag and tipped lots of little piles of compost all round it.

 

[Flobo]

Oh my gosh, that's naughty but very funny!!

@arealhuman do you need to get rid of the moles?? Maybe your boy running around the garden will deter them or encourage them to move on?

 

[JudyN]

You might have seen this already, but.... https://www.gardenbenches.com/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-moles/

Given the decline in wildlife in the UK, I'd be delighted to find I had moles in my garden and let them stay. But my garden gets more like a wildlife refuge every year.

 

[arealhuman]

Just for @JudyN:

Thanks for the replies. I should've made it clearer, I don't want to kill them, just stop them digging if possible! Rusty running around - when it's not waterlogged, it seems to have been constantly raining since we moved - hasn't moved them on.

 

[JudyN]

Thank you for making the video link work, arealhuman!

 

[RGC]

When we lived in Shropshire moles were a common occurrence. I doubt whether your dog running around the garden would be of much help. One of our cats would catch them (I swear it was the same mole). We’d have to put on gauntlets (those buggers bite) and, once we could get hold of it, drop the mole into the cow field behind our garden. I noticed one evening that our cat, Frodo, had a half moon shape missing from his tongue. He must have picked up the mole by its head. Best of luck, arealhuman.

 

[RGC]

Addendum to my previous reply. My wife, may her name be praised (if not feared), has corrected me. Frodo used to catch the moles (I still swear it was the same mole) from the cow field and bring them into the garden. It became a race to don gauntlets and with a trowel to stop them digging into the lawn (they’re extremely strong) and lift the whole lot back into the field. So perhaps having cats in the garden was a deterrent.