How do you get rid of moles in your yard?

[stevenpensacola]

what has worked for you?

 

[PatsGirl]

A cat. Truthfully, my whole neighborhood was troubled by them. When one neighbor would treat for them they moved to another yard. In a matter of three seasons we had all lost our lawns. I got a kitten last year and this past summer I had no moles, well except for the ones he left me at the door after tormenting them.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

You smoke them out the then kill them with a hammer. I have never done it but that is the preferred method around here.

 

[whogirl'smom]

They were horrible in our yard in NC; we found two things that worked. One was poison pellets specifically for that--not legal in NC so we got them in TN and used them. (I figured there was no yard police). The second was pouring a little bit of motor oil down each hole--GONE! I know that's not environmentally conscious, but when nothing else works.....we couldn't even walk in the yard without falling into a tunnel or hole.

 

[Pumbaa_]

treat for grubs and keep treating every year - no food source no moles

Some day coffee grounds, others castor oil

this is the other way -->

I would not do anything harmful to the environment
poison - if another animal eats the poisoned mole they will die also
motor oil - may seep into ground water

do some research on the topic and see what methods you can do and live with

 

[sunnyday123]

A honkin' big dog who likes to dig. She has also cleared the yard of one squirrel and three birds.

 

[monkeyboy]

Rent a snake

 

[disney1990]

First be sure that you have moles and not voles. You google the difference. My daughter had voles and continues to fight to get rid of them.

 

[HsvTeacher]

We had a problem with moles earlier this year, so my DH treated the lawn for grubs. Since then, we haven't noticed any more issues.

 

[KathyTX]

DH found some kind of mole poison online that came with a big syringe-injector type applicator so the poison would be placed into the burrow. It worked.

Now if we could just kill the armadillos that dig up the yard...

 

[wdwiala]

Ditto on the grub prevention.

We had moles a couple of summers ago. I really thought my husband was going to go berzerk every time he walked into our yard and saw that they were still tunnelling. It was very Caddyshack.

We tried drowning them: you take a hose and stick it at the end of the trail. Then stomp the rest of the trail/tunnel as it fills. The hope is that you either drown them or squish them. I don't think that this worked.

We did the traps. They didn't work.

I don't think that we got rid of them ourselves. I think that they just moved over into another neighbors yard. Fine with us....

Good luck. I feel for ya!

 

[dyna]

Caster beans or what some call mole means samething planted in yard works but all part of the plant is posioness which is why I still have moles. I been waiting for the gsons to get old enough I did not have to worry about them eating any part of the plant.

The cats in my neighborjood to lazy to catch moles or something. We got a mole in basement a few weeks ago must have wandered in while we was working an had basement doors open most of the day my indoor kitty caught it.

I'm moving my DD is buying my house she can deal with the moles while I enjoy sunny Florida....

 

[stevenpensacola]

I put out some bug-g-gone several weeks ago...which is supposed to kill the grubbs.

My faithful dog (part schnauzer we thing...he got some terrier in him) has been hunting them for me. He's been after them, but have not seen any corpses yet.

The other night, I find out that a mole is tunneling in the Front yard...where the good grass is...as opposed to the mowed weeds in the back...I'm getting pushed to the caddyshack edge now...Lookout you vermin!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

Explosives!

Haven't you ever seen Caddyshack???

 

[PatsMom]

A few years back my husband saw a garden show on Home & Garden TV that recommended human urine as a mole repellent. You just save up a bucket, dilute it, and pout it into the main tunnels. Or as an alternative if you live in the middle of the woods like I do, you have a party, invite a bunch of guys to drink beer, and mark where you want them to pee. Worked great for us!

 

[Mama-san]

I vote cat. Mine even brings them to the back door for me!

 

[monorailsilver]

Someone told me Milky Spore. I have yet to use it but it is sold at garden centers. I saw it somewhere but can't remember where.

 

[WDWBlue]

what has worked for you?

Traplineproducts.com

I've owned every mole trap and used every bait and repellent ever manufactured but never killed a mole in 10 years. They had a condo association in my yard, mega mall, 8 lane freeway, the whole nine yards....

I bought 6 of these traps for about $40, killed 15 moles in about 2 months. The biggest problems after I killed the first 6 (in about 10 days) was finding runs to set the traps in.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

the only thing that has worked for us id beneficial nematodes. You have to get rid of the grubs and other methods are too harmful.

a good garden center will carry them and tell you the proper timing for applying them - once in Spring and once in Fall. Sometimes we only applied them in Spring and that did well enough. You just mix with water and apply with a sprayer.