How to deal with moles at their summer cottage with folk remedies

Why are they dangerous?

The body of the mole is elongated, covered with dense fur, the tail is very short, and the front legs resemble shovels. His head is elongated, his eyes are so undeveloped that some even have overgrown eye openings. They are black, gray and brown in color. They move under the ground very quickly, they dig tunnels, and the earth is periodically thrown to the surface, along these earthen hillocks one can trace the path of the animal, but it is easy to get confused. The mole pulls out a ring-shaped house, covers it with leaves and hay, and necessarily connects it with a reservoir. Here is such a cute creature, saves vegetable gardens and orchards from pests living in the ground. And why do summer residents dislike him so much?

Moles very quickly break through their tunnels, on the way they, wishing no harm to anyone, accidentally spoil the roots of plants. They usually settle in small groups or families, so if a molehill appears in the summer cottage, after a week there may be nothing left from the garden. Having violated the roots of fruit crops, moles can deprive the garden of most of the harvest, and the appearance of the site after their appearance will completely change. They are also at enmity with each other, fighting for the best areas, and the entire mole settlement can stretch for several hundred meters.

They especially love to spoil beautiful lawns. This is due to the fact that they eat earthworms, and worms are found in abundance under a well-tended lawn. This is how moles eat harmful and beneficial earth insects on the site at the same time, they also spoil the plantings. You can get rid of these neighbors, but you need to start the fight as early as possible. They leave behind holes and tunnels, which field mice love to use in the absence of their owners. And these will hunt specifically for the harvest.

Fighting with folk methods

For hundreds of years, moles have lived next to people, and all this time the struggle continues, because people are trying to get rid of this neighborhood, whether in the country, in the garden or in the field. Over such a long period, many methods of struggle have accumulated, sometimes you have to apply several of them in order to determine the most effective one. Folk remedies are diverse and inventive. As a rule, at first, people try to scare away, drive away moles from their dachas and vegetable gardens. Sometimes they rejoice prematurely, not noticing a couple of days of fresh molehills, but when the animals return, they have to start all over again. The mole is an intelligent, hardworking and very stubborn animal. He will never voluntarily leave the area rich in food, therefore he will have to fight seriously.

If it doesn’t work out peacefully, the owners move on to tougher methods. Then poisons, traps and mole traps are used. Since ancient times, cats have helped to get rid of moles, but even if you bring a cat to the country, it is unlikely that your pet (lazy person) will go hunting. If there is such an opportunity, they resort to the help of hunting dogs, dachshunds and fox terriers are happy to track down underground prey, for them this is a preparation for hunting.

Moles do not see anything, but they have very developed hearing and sense of smell, and this is the basis of folk methods of struggle. Herring heads are buried in the tunnels, kerosene and gasoline are poured, sulfur smoke is launched.

It is often suggested to flood the mole passages with water.To do this, you need to find fresh tunnels and use a hose to fill them with more water. It does not always help, because the mole may not follow them, but quickly dig new ones. But earthworms - the mole's favorite delicacy - will attract excess moisture, so the mole will not go anywhere from the garden, where there are so many of them.

Some summer residents called a mink mole with such a simple action. The fresh move needs to be thwarted and trampled underfoot, the mole, like a good owner, will come to repair it, and here the owner of the dacha is waiting for him with a shovel. If you manage to lure the animal to the surface, it is better to grab it with a shovel along with the ground, you do not need to touch it with your hands - it can damage it with its sharp claws. But it will take a long time to lure out the animals, if they have already settled on the site, then there are many of them. It will be difficult to get rid of everyone in this way.

Biological

The mole comes to the garden or dacha only in search of food. This means that you can get rid of him if you deprive him of his diet. There are insecticides that will kill insects, but it is very dangerous to use them: the soil will be contaminated, and we want to grow something else on it. Better to look for other biological control methods.

Poisons can be attributed to radical means of struggle. Moles are poisoned with rat poison added to minced meat or earthworms flavored with strychnine. The prepared poison is laid in the mole passages, the keen sense of smell of the predator will not leave it unattended. Of course, an angry vegetable grower who has lost all his crops in his garden should not be told that moles are beneficial and are an important link in the ecosystem. But it's still better to start scaring away animals in time than to kill them later, poisoning the ground around.

Planting plants with a strong odor becomes a very effective means of getting rid of moles in the country or in the garden. Narcissus, Siberian scrub, imperial yellow hazel grouse - these flowers will not only scare away a blind predator, but also decorate the summer cottage, giving the owners pleasure. Marigolds are long-known pest fighters, many of them are planted not only in flower beds, but throughout the garden. All kinds of relatives of onions and garlic do an excellent job with the same task, so you need to plant them all over the country house, especially since there are decorative specimens.

It will be good to get rid of moles in the country with euphorbia and castor oil plant, he really does not like them very much. It has long been noticed that if beans grow in the garden, then moles will bypass it.

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Mechanical

There are tough mechanical methods to get rid of moles, these are all kinds of traps and mole traps. They are sold in hardware stores, made of wire or plastic. Plastic is not worth buying, they will not be able to keep such a strong and fast animal.

Often the owners themselves make such things and install them in their dachas and vegetable gardens. It is important to place the devices correctly here. First you need to walk around the site, crush the mole holes and see how quickly and in what order they will be restored. Then set traps in two pieces in fresh moves, the rings should be directed in different directions. It must be borne in mind that it is almost impossible to overcatch all the animals, if they have already settled in the plots or in the meadow nearby.

A piece of plastic pipe is installed in the existing mole, and tin covers must be installed at the ends so that the mole can get into the pipe, but can no longer get out of it. From above, the pipe is covered with something dense that does not allow light to pass through. They say that it is a very effective trap, it is advised to check it more often in order to remove the caught animals.

These methods will help get rid of moles only if there are still few of them on the site.

Electronic scarers have been developed that can be bought and installed in the garden. Or you can make scarers yourself. They are based on the increased sensitivity of moles to vibrations, on their acute hearing.

One option: reeds are inserted into the mole passages so that 30-40 cm remain on top. The wind produces unpleasant sounds that can drive the animal away.

Another option is to bury hollow tubes in the ground. On the upper end, which protrudes from the ground by 40-50 cm, put on cans from drinks. They will make loud noises under the influence of the wind and create vibrations that radiate along the ground. Instead of a can, you can use a plastic bottle, only you will need to make cuts on it and wrap the plastic so that the wind has something to spin the bottle for.

Prophylaxis

It is best to think about protecting your site in advance. If your neighbors have at least one molehill nearby, if there is a meadow next to your garden, it's time to start preventive safety measures. There is a wonderful, but very laborious way: along the perimeter of the garden, you need to dig in a small metal net, through the cells of which earthworms can crawl through, but moles cannot. Under the ground, it should be buried to a depth of 70-90 cm, and above the ground, it should also rise by 30 centimeters.

Instead of a mesh, you can use any solid material: linoleum, slate, tin. The main thing is that there is not a crack in this fence. It is good to plant marigolds around the perimeter of the entire garden - they will scare away predators and please the eye. Getting rid of moles is much more difficult than keeping them out of your territory, this should be remembered.

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