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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] Moles
  • Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:13:25 -0700


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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