PESKY MOLES

We still have a great amount of damage from the frustrating work of moles. I have read several ways to get rid of them, and some are rather bizarre, it is a matter of 'buyer beware'! It is better explained here in this article, a two page information sheet from Purdue University titled: "Mole Control - Buyer Beware" by Timothy J. Gibb, Turfgrass IPM Specialist, in which he lists several popular deterrents that do not work. Some are frequently seen listed for sale in magazines and catalogs. Others are just old wives' tales, grass roots wisdom, word of mouth hearsay, or whatever you want to call it, that get passed around from person to person that are believed to be true, but are actually fallacies.

But, the Best information I've found is the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service's publication, Moles by Judy Loven. If the links do not work for you, send me an E-mail and I'll reply with the links enclosed.

Hope you have better luck than I have. I still haven't been able to rid this place of moles. (I bet the fox could have.) They continue to come into my garden from the adjoining properties that were formerly farmland. Maybe someday they will be under control, but I don't think it will happen in my lifetime. Times I wish it were all fenced and I could have a terrier. I know... terriers and gardening don't mix! ---Neither do gardening and moles.