How to Get Rid Of Garden Moles

Instructions

• 1

  Identify Moles’ tunnel
  
  First of all, identify the garden mole’s tunnel or hole in order to start an operation against them. You can get to their hole by keeping an eye on their activities.

  
• 2

  Insert a water hose into Moles’ tunnel
  
  Once you identify the moles’ tunnel, simply go for the water hose method and see if you can rid of them. Ask somebody to be ready with a mole trap in his or her hand. Now, fire water hose or the common water hose at full pressure into the hole and wait until the moles escape out one by one. Now, this is your golden chance to catch your floral enemies in a humane way. You can capture them in the trap and set them free in a nearby forest or somewhere far away from your beautiful garden.

  
• 3

  Press the soil into the hole
  
  Simply walk along the moles’ tunnel, pushing all the soil, grass, and dirt into the hole with the help of your boot or a shovel in order to block it.
  
  Note: Make sure not to put all your weight on the hole as you do not know how deep the tunnel is and you do not want to twist your ankle for sure.

  
• 4

  Install mole traps in your garden
  
  Buy some mole traps from your nearest crockery or hardware store and install them in different parts of your garden. Visit the traps time to time in order to find out if it has luckily captured any irritating mole.
  
  Note: Make sure you install one of the traps at the entrance of the moles’ tunnel since the chances of capturing them there are high.

  
• 5

  Sprinkle used cat litter around the holes
  
  Unknown to many of you, cats’ odor is one of the best methods to keep the moles away from your garden. What you can do is, sprinkle some used cat litter around the moles’ holes for best results.

  
• 6

  Apply some milky spore powder
  
  Apply some fine quality milky spore powder to your garden in order to attract the naughty moles to find new homes to carry out their destructive activities.

  
• 7

  Fix up mothballs around moles’ hole
  
  The moles are deterred by the smell of mothballs. Therefore, fix up mothballs around moles’ hole and enjoy seeing them leave your garden.

  
• 8

  Spread coffee around your garden
  
  Moles do not like the smell of coffee at all. Therefore, take advantage of this easily available remedy and apply either used or unused coffee grounds around your garden in order to force the moles to leave it.

  
• 9

  Prepare a natural mole repellent at home
  
  A potent mole poison is a useful remedy to get rid of garden moles. You can make it at your home within a few minutes.
  
  Ingredients;
  - (1 cup) Oil Soap
  - (1 ounce) cater oil
  -  (¼ cup) cayenne pepper
  - ( 2 cups) water
  
  Preparation:
  Take a large plastic mixing bowl and pour 2 cups of water into it. Top the water with 1 cup of oil soap, 1 ounce of castor oil and ¼ of cayenne pepper. Stir all the ingredients until mixed well. Now you can either pour it into the moles’ hole or spray it over the mole runways.
  
  Note: If you do not have oil soap, then you can take advantage of the easily available dish detergent in your kitchen.

  
• 10

  Plant botanical mole repellents
  
  Some plants work as effective mole repellents and play a vital role in getting rid of them permanently. Purchase some oleander, castor bean or mole plants from your nearest plant house or nursery and plant them around your garden. Once the moles find their way to these plants, they will definitely run away from your garden.

  
• 11

  Try dry ice
  
  If you are determined enough to get rid of the moles once and for all, then put a handful of dry ice into the moles’ hole in your garden. The carbon dioxide (CO2) released by the dry ice automatically creates dehydration in moles and kills them within a few hours.
  
  Note: Never make the mistake to touch the dry ice without gloves and make sure to wash your hands at the end of this method.