[Homestead] Moles
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Tue Feb 5 19:13:25 EST 2008
On Feb 5, 2008, at 4:17 PM, WF Smith wrote:
> Our homestead is in it's winter holding pattern. The rich soil we
> built with
> years of mulch has attracted some ne'er do wells and I anticipate a
> mole
> problem this spring.
Moles drive me nuts, overnight undermining tomato plants which then
fall over, often so wilted I can't reestablish them. Better soil means
more earthworms, which means more moles. The only success I have had
so far in thwarting moles is hardware cloth in the bottom of solid-
wall growing beds. When I build new beds I will try a thick layer of
gravel and broken beer bottles at the bottom.
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