I've been having an going battle with the buggers making a right mess of the lawn. It's not just the molehills, they dig tunnels near the surface which collapse.
The missus doesn't want to kill them, so I've been researching non-lethal methods of getting rid of them. There's a lot of old wives tale remedies but nothing that really works. Most people have reported poor results with the sonic mole chasers you can buy.
A German guy tried electrifying his garden but that ended very badly (for him, not the moles).
2007 Darwin Award: Whac-A-Mole
A guy on a US forum tried running a hose from the exhaust of his truck into the tunnels, but all he ended up doing was damaging the engine.
I was going to try what this guy eventually found to work (Celine Dion!) but opted for a slight variation.
How to remove moles from your yard
A couple of weeks ago I stuck this siren (louder than a smoke alarm) in a metal tin, then hooked it up to an old car battery and buried it in one of the tunnels. So far, so good.
DC 12V 120dB Loud Wired Mini Indoor Accessory Horn Siren Sound Home Alarm System 6912851508892 | eBay
The missus doesn't want to kill them, so I've been researching non-lethal methods of getting rid of them. There's a lot of old wives tale remedies but nothing that really works. Most people have reported poor results with the sonic mole chasers you can buy.
A German guy tried electrifying his garden but that ended very badly (for him, not the moles).
2007 Darwin Award: Whac-A-Mole
A guy on a US forum tried running a hose from the exhaust of his truck into the tunnels, but all he ended up doing was damaging the engine.
I was going to try what this guy eventually found to work (Celine Dion!) but opted for a slight variation.
How to remove moles from your yard
A couple of weeks ago I stuck this siren (louder than a smoke alarm) in a metal tin, then hooked it up to an old car battery and buried it in one of the tunnels. So far, so good.
DC 12V 120dB Loud Wired Mini Indoor Accessory Horn Siren Sound Home Alarm System 6912851508892 | eBay
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