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Mole hills - piles of fresh, excavated soil - don't fully convey the extent of one mole's underground tunnel system, which can cover a surprisingly large area. If a young plant isn't developing, it could be due to tunnelling beneath it. Seedlings

A bit more info would be useful   Hi thanks for replying. I am new to this, what sort of info do you need? Assuming you want to rid your garden of moles, the only foolproof way is to hire a professional mole catcher but you'll need to do this on a

You might remember my blog a few months back, in which I described the appearance of a mole in my garden. The garden is situated in an old farmyard, surrounded on all four sides by buildings. The offending mole is now racing all over the place

Hi thereI do enjoy most of what gardeners world stands for but I am appalled at the response to mole hills above.Please tell me why it is acceptable to gas or trap a mole purely for the reason that it is digging a few holes in the lawn? Why

I don't believe it. I am incandescent with spluttering indignation. For the first time ever a molehill has appeared on my lawn.We've lived here for about 15 years. Before that the garden was a concrete farmyard, so this particular mole

Hi all,i have recently planted hedging whips around the perimeter of my garden and to my horror have woke up to mole hills!! Could these critters prove to be a real problem?? I've got molehills like the himalayas. I think they're digging deep to get

Bring in a Dachsund. The only time I've seen a mole was when I was a kid, and our Dachsund had caught one and was playing with it (a warm and moving squeaky toy). He got a little too enthusiastic and ended the fun by biting its head off. Here

I sympathise. I have recently been visited by a mole. He surfaced at the edge of my son's 8 foot diameter plastic pool and tunnelled all the way round it! I plan to dig this area over and turn it into a veg/plant bed so maybe he has done me a

to blame as we suffer from plants being choped completely off down by the base and also sometimes the plant is cut off and the root ball eaten? is this moles, rats? Also we cant keep any bulbs apart from daffs i tried some giant alliums this year but alias

Help please we have what we think are mice digging tunnels in our newly laid lawn and raised beds.  The holes are too small for moles.  I dont want to kill them just make them pack their bags and go away! Are you sure they are mice?  I have to admit