How To Prevent Moles From Destroying Your Yard

Spring brings a lot of wonderful things into our lives - as well as moles.
Pat Sullivan, from Sullivan Hardware & Garden, shares tips and products to help get those pesky moles out of your yard. » Watch more WTHR 13News:Watch Live and On-Demand Videos on WTHR | Indianapolis, Indiana | wthr.com
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[@laureenrobinson3233]

We created a 1-2 ft long wooden house that you place over the hole so the mole/vole/mouse can only go left or right from the hole. On both sides of the hole put a mouse trap. When they poke their head up through the hole, they have to go either left or right (because of the house structure )and either way they’re going to get squished. We’ve caught 38 this summer by doing this method.

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

I pushed a small pipe in the tunnels, put a funnel on top, and poured castor oil mixed with ground cayenne peppers and cayenne juice, fine ground black and white pepper spice, and any ground hot pepper I could find in spices thru the funnel .... It doesn't take much. (I didn't have dogs at that time so I'm not sure how they would react to it if they got their paws in it) . Then Pour a little down each tunnel. They seemed to move early morning and at night. They will reroute and as soon as they do keep doing it.. If it rains, it's okay do it again. Tasty Castor oil tends to remain in there pretty good I think. Do it again over and over. They finally left and never returned. You can't give up and do it everyday if you can. Now lately I have a mole that has taken residence again in my yard. . This is the first time in 15 years I have seen them again. Lately I can not find castor oil anywhere in my town. I used cinnamon sticks in the ground, (since dogs do not like cinnamon I use it where my dogs dig and they immediately stop after using ground cinnamon on top of places the dog digs and it smells good to humans but not to my dogs and they will not go near it) The cinnamon sticks do not melt easily at all they seem to have stayed intact for some reason. But the mole rerouted, I continued to use them argh they keep rerouting. So they don't like it but reroute each time. The cinnamon doesn't seem to bother my plants or grass so that's good but I know the moles don't like it for sure. I've got to find good quality castor oil. 15 years ago it was $8.00 for 32 oz so hum being 2023, with high inflation now, it's probably $32 a bottle now. First I will need to test it however to make sure my dogs don't like it or they will dig to get to the castor oil. That's why you can't use other oils for sure because dogs like vegetable, olive oil, fish oil, and will attempt to get to it. So first test to see if dogs attempt to go near it before using it I suggest. I wouldn't think castor oil would be good for dogs to eat .... I don't know.

[@dongillette]

I bought two packages of these worms and the very next day, the moles had thrown the worms out of the holes and kept digging. No joke.

[@clayramsey019]

Great job

[@brianhudson1565]

I've used most of these and by FAR the poison peanuts worked the best! Other poisons not effective (for me). Flooding has worked in the past but the peanuts keep them gone. JMO

[@ntebalengmohopela7262]

Amen 🙏

[@terismidt4920]

Does the worm stuff kill gophers? I was hoping to see what you thought was best.

[@jzmouse8842]

The worms work but one box is not enough

[@dsemolian3071]

Lawn Chair, Beer, and Spade. DONE!!

[@gandalf776]

ok so far i keep seeing these thumbnail shots that show mounds of dirt pushed up from under the grass just like the thumbnail for this video. yet when you watch the video they keep talking abut these shallow runs that the moles create. there is no evidence of the runs just the mounds of dirt. i have dug into a couple of these mounds and do not find any sign of a tunnel. i live in central oklahoma where there is about 8 inches of top soil before you hit clay. there are no ridges between the mounds of dirt and when you scrape the mound of dirt away you do not find any tunnels. i have tried probing the ground all around these mounds and do not find any voids that might be a tunnel. so maybe these are not moles but my yard looks like the thumbnail for this video. also i live in a rural area so i have a dirt and gravel drive. there are spots on my drive where i will see these mounds on either side of my drive and then there will be an area that caves in across my drive. i fill them in but then they will make new mounds and the drive will cave in again. anybody got any idea if these are moles or some other animal and how do i get rid of them when there are no tunnels that i can find?

[@FredTurner-ii8gh]

I find it hard to believe that you can destroy mold from your yard. I have had no success

[@leemysliwiec2803]

Simple solution.. Move far away.