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| Brownbear |
Mole-bashingI'm just off with my pot of pellets, after some moles. Just out of interest, has anyone else been having a lot of mole trouble? they're going mad round here. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Quiet over here. | ||
| alice |
I don't think there are any here. I've been quite surprised just how many critters I used to take for granted aren't native to Orkney. No foxes, squirrels, snakes, toads, stoats, blue tits, thrushes, robins, owls..... | ||
| Jonnyboy |
Actually there are none over here either, the snakes ate them. | ||
| nettie |
Our are going mad here too. They don't bother me though, I get lots of nice topsoil for my raised beds 
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| Tavascarow |
My pest control friend prefers the traditional methods.
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| alice |
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| Simon |
Cheese on mole? I must say I prefer toast. |
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| vegplot |
Moles are very active this year. | ||
| Nick |
Lead story in our Farming section this week is it's a bumper year for moles. | ||
| vegplot |
I can get a proper pair of mole skin trousers then. | ||
| Jonnyboy |
Oi dpack, what does mole taste like? | ||
| vegplot |
earthy. |
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| sean |
You haven't been paying attention have you? |
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| Mary-Jane |
I would soooo like to see this up here... 
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| ksia |
Is there only me thinks they're quite handsome little fellows?
And amazingly impressive tunnelers too. The hills make very handy loose soil deposits for potting etc. They're cute. |
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| Tavascarow |
I agree.
Most of my friends mole catching is done for dairy farmers who make a lot of silage & the mole hills can blunt mowers & harvesters & spoil the silage apparently but they don't cause me any grief so I leave them alone here. |
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| Ginkotree |
They have been very busy here and part of my wet field problem is the rain and spring water running down them..  .I wonder if anyone has the patience to make a pair of trousers, they are the best I have been told. It must be a special caraft.
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| Bernie66 |
absolutely over run with them on the Wirral. grass verges everywhere, through fields across the Wirral and more noticeably odd, they are encroching into wooded areas which I haven't seen before. | ||
| ninat |
terrible terrible mole explosion here, have just puchased 2 new mole traps and am about to begin the war.
have seen the formation of mole mountains rather than just mole hills over the last few weeks. Dog catches them sometimes. |
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| dpack |
the only time i had chance i didnt like the smell
fairly harmless good for drainage recon 200 moles =trews |
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| Faithmead |
Little B*****s are making a mess of our haylage field....gotta shift 'em. What's the best/successful/easiest method please?? 
Cheers 
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| hardworkinghippy |
Get a couple of Dachshunds and give them a long cuddle and loads of praise for every mole they get. 
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| nettie |
They seem to have quietened down - maybe they are going deeper for worms as the ground is so dry. No sign of activity here for a fortnight. | ||
| Faithmead |
Anyone got any Dachshunds I can borrow???? I can provide the love and cuddles as directed
The only GOOD thing about the moles .....is they are chucking up some lovely top soil for the poly tunnel!!!! |
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| Castle Farm |
My moleinater..made from an old strimmer.Pipe welded to exhast pipe..start it up ...poke in down the hole..fumes make thier eyes water 
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| shaunb |
HELLO HELLO! EXCUSE ME but WHAT is the problem, these are native mammals, why the witch hunt. We've had moles in our back garden and yes they leave big mounds of soil, SO WHAT !!!! spread it about, live with it, I'm delighted these mammals are thriving,, their activities increase biodiversity. | ||
| Gervase |
The problem is when you keep livestock or harvest your grass for silage. If soil from molehills gets baled along with the grass to make silage you have a very high probability of incubating listeriosis, which can be fatal to stock.
There is also the risk of broken legs in sheep, cattle and horses (William of Orange died in 1702 when his horse broke a leg on a molehill. To this day Jacobites drink toasts to 'the little gentleman in black velvet' which had killed their enemy). |
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| shaunb |
Fair enough, thanks for the info, i genuinly didn't realise they caused such a problem for livestock rearing. However, looking at the other posts here, is it really necessary to appear so 'hillbilly', these creatures deserve our respect even if we have to control them. | ||
| toggle |
i think people find it a necessary evil, so make a joke out of it to lighten the mood. If you want to see the forums actual opinions on people who do nasty things to animals for a bit of fun, then search for the tread on hunting with catapults. |
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| Jamanda |
Cheers Toggle! |