Rat in m garden

[ctenidae]

Severine, Paul, you both rock.

Put the bukkit out last night. Still no rat this morning.

 

[wa-loaf]

You need to plant one of these in the garden:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32478588/ns/technology_and_science-science/

 

[drjeff]

Anyone got any GOOD tips for getting rid of moles???

And I'm NOT talijng about this type of mole

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Anyone got any GOOD tips for getting rid of moles???

And I'm NOT talijng about this type of mole

like Guacamole..lol

 

[mondeo]

Anyone got any GOOD tips for getting rid of moles???

And I'm NOT talijng about this type of mole

If you have your own mole with the adversary, give everyone you suspect of being a mole the same basic document with simple stuff different between them, like missing punctuation or spelling errors. Then whatever version you get back tells you who the mole is.

Then tied up in a bag, weigh them down, and toss them into a river. Not overly brutal, but enough to send a message to others considering becoming a mole themselves.

 

[severine]

Anyone got any GOOD tips for getting rid of moles???

And I'm NOT talijng about this type of mole

My dog thinks they're squeaky toys. She's pretty efficient at taking them out and gets quite a bit of joy out of it.

 

[ctenidae]

If you have your own mole with the adversary, give everyone you suspect of being a mole the same basic document with simple stuff different between them, like missing punctuation or spelling errors. Then whatever version you get back tells you who the mole is.

Then tied up in a bag, weigh them down, and toss them into a river. Not overly brutal, but enough to send a message to others considering becoming a mole themselves.

Read much John LeCarre?

Bottle rockets work well on (actual) moles. Find a tunnel, poke a hole, and light a few bottle rockets in it. The smoke clears them out. Plus, smoke comes up at the ends of tunnels, and that's always cool.

You can also stomp down all their tunnels, and hope to squish one.

Really, both methods are of dubious efficacy, but they're fun.

 

[ctenidae]

By the way, the rat didn't fall for the old peanut-butter-in-the-bucket trick. Killed a lot of ants, though.

 

[mondeo]

Read much John LeCarre?

Tom Clancy, plus general interest in spy craft.

 

[Paul]

By the way, the rat didn't fall for the old peanut-butter-in-the-bucket trick. Killed a lot of ants, though.

Hrm... may need to suspend better bait over the water.

Moles... Put down some grub killer now, make sure you use grub preventer next July. Grubs are moles primary food source.

 

[drjeff]

My dog thinks they're squeaky toys. She's pretty efficient at taking them out and gets quite a bit of joy out of it.

Might need to borrow your dog for a few days

 

[drjeff]

Read much John LeCarre?

Bottle rockets work well on (actual) moles. Find a tunnel, poke a hole, and light a few bottle rockets in it. The smoke clears them out. Plus, smoke comes up at the ends of tunnels, and that's always cool.

You can also stomp down all their tunnels, and hope to squish one.

Really, both methods are of dubious efficacy, but they're fun.

I'm a big 0-2 on those methods. No grubs in my soil either. Actually had a soil sample analyzed by the folks at the UCONN agriculture dept, and when they heard the description of the level of mole activity in my yard from the landscape design person my wife hired last year, the folks at UCONN apparently contemplated sending out a pH.D student to do some reasearch Apparently moles two main food sources are grubs (unhealthy lawn) and worms (healthy lawn) and my yard is in the healthy category. Basically every year, me and my neighbors on either side take turns trading off the moles for 4 to 8 weeks at a time over the course of the grass growing months. Just one of the joys of having a farm field at the back of my property I guess.

BTW, over the years I've tried (and failed) with
a) Smoke Bombs
b) Solar powered mole stakes
c) Mole "food"
d) Chewing gum
e) Mole pressure spike/spear traps
f) flooding
g) Mole gel (causes them to bleed out if they injest it)
h) Mole spray
i) heavy rolling of their trail network

and probably 1 or 2 other things that slip my mind right now

Because of their loose similarity to gophers with their destructive abilities, it's almost tough for me to watch Caddyshack anymore

 

[ctenidae]

Tom Clancy, plus general interest in spy craft.

You should check out LeCarre, then. I'm pretty sure he coined the term before Tom Clancy did (Wikipedia notwithstanding). At the least, I knew what a canary trap was before I knew who Tom Clancy was.

 

[Glenn]

I'm a big 0-2 on those methods. No grubs in my soil either. Actually had a soil sample analyzed by the folks at the UCONN agriculture dept, and when they heard the description of the level of mole activity in my yard from the landscape design person my wife hired last year, the folks at UCONN apparently contemplated sending out a pH.D student to do some reasearch Apparently moles two main food sources are grubs (unhealthy lawn) and worms (healthy lawn) and my yard is in the healthy category. Basically every year, me and my neighbors on either side take turns trading off the moles for 4 to 8 weeks at a time over the course of the grass growing months. Just one of the joys of having a farm field at the back of my property I guess.

BTW, over the years I've tried (and failed) with
a) Smoke Bombs
b) Solar powered mole stakes
c) Mole "food"
d) Chewing gum
e) Mole pressure spike/spear traps
f) flooding
g) Mole gel (causes them to bleed out if they injest it)
h) Mole spray
i) heavy rolling of their trail network

and probably 1 or 2 other things that slip my mind right now

Because of their loose similarity to gophers with their destructive abilities, it's almost tough for me to watch Caddyshack anymore

Ex-Lax.....I'm serious. Put a few of the chocolate ones down their hole. A little mole eating one of those will shit itself to death.

 

[drjeff]

Ex-Lax.....I'm serious. Put a few of the chocolate ones down their hole. A little mole eating one of those will shit itself to death.

I'll buy a box or 2 and just place them OUTSIDE the perimeter of the invisible fence I have installed for my dogs. The last thing I need is the 2 of them digging up a couple of ex-lax squares and sh$t-bombing the house!

 

[ctenidae]

I'm a big 0-2 on those methods.

There's only one option left, then. Take off, and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Glenn]

I'll buy a box or 2 and just place them OUTSIDE the perimeter of the invisible fence I have installed for my dogs. The last thing I need is the 2 of them digging up a couple of ex-lax squares and sh$t-bombing the house!

LOL! Very good idea! I could only imagine your next post if you didn't do that.

"So Stanley Steemer won't clean my house...."

 

[ctenidae]

"So Stanley Steemer won't clean my house...."

Because Stanley left a steamer in my house...

 

[drjeff]

There's only one option left, then. Take off, and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

I actually saw a segment on the news a couple of nights ago about some people in various parts of the country are starting to have their natural turf that they have great difficulties keeping growing due to various grading and/or shade issues ripped out and their yards covered with field turf! Definately caught my attention

 

[drjeff]

LOL! Very good idea! I could only imagine your next post if you didn't do that.

"So Stanley Steemer won't clean my house...."

Because Stanley left a steamer in my house...

That would most definately be a NON picture TR if it ever happened!