How to Get Rid of Moles in Your Garden: The Most Effective Methods

     Moles are undoubtedly helpful animals in terms of soil aeration and pest control. When digging their tunnels, these small invaders enrich ground with oxygen (it's good for the greenery and the overall garden condition) and wipe out bugs by eating their grubs. However, excessive moles activity can cause considerable damage to your garden: they can ruin picturesque architecture of your garden by their unsightly ground and grass mounds, hurt plants roots and provide access to other small invaders. That is why in order to preserve the beauty of your garden it is important to act quickly and effectively in case of the first moles mounds. Below we are going to list and describe the most popular and effective methods to eliminate moles.

Habitat Modification

Moles are very sensitive to any habitat's modification. Thus, if you want to remove them from your garden for good you need to make it unattractive to moles. To do this you may increase watering. Excessive irritation will bring the grubs they eat closer to surface, so you will be able to spot the tunnels easily. Another way to change the habitat is to eliminate grubs: no grubs - no moles. There exist many methods of grubs reducing, yet the most effective, time and finance saving is probably applying the Milky Spore bacteria. It is absolutely safe to children, pets, mammals and other bugs and is very environmentally-friendly. Milky Spores stay in ground for at least ten years continually killing grubs.

Natural Mole Repellents

Adding natural rodent repellents to your garden greenery is a great natural way to encourage mole populations relocate to another place. This option is good for those garden owners who are not afraid of modifying their yard by interplanting such plants like daffodils, garlic, mole plant, alliums, marigolds and castor bean plants. Although these herbs are excellent mole repellents, some of them, namely mole plant and castor beans are considered to be poisonous to pets and children. By planting the aforementioned herbs you will also prevent other mammals and bugs infestations.

Mole Traps

It is also possible to fight with moles by using traps. If you are not going to kill the rodents, buy or construct safe traps which do not harm rodents. In case you are not going to trap moles live and release them into the wild, you can buy one of the popular killing traps like scissor-jaws, choker-loops or harpoons.