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  • From: "Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] rodent-repellant herbs?
  • Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 23:23:31 -0500

Hi Bill,

Any idea where to get the moleplant? I have terrible mole problems, to the point that they kill a lot of the transplants I put in the ground. Assuming they are after the grubs, I am putting out milky spore, but that will take a while. The moles are all over the place, too.....gardens, yard, pasture, to the point of killing grass. My soil is real sandy. Castor beans don't seem to do anything. I am wondering if those things that rotate in the wind and supposedly drive moles away actually work. It seems that they might, considering the vibrations that I have heard are at the bases of windmills. Has anybody tried them? Of course, they would just make the moles go far enough away if they work anyway. Does anybody have any suggestions for mole problems? I will try anything!

Thanks,
Lisa, in the Ozarks, MO, USA



----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill McDorman" <bm@seedsave.org>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] rodent-repellant herbs?


I have had moderate success with MOLEPLANT - Euphorbia lathyris. Its roots
contain irritating oils.

bill





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