My yard is inundated with moles!

Judy Wood-Ries
by Judy Wood-Ries
I can't seem to rid my yard of moles, it's getting hard to walk out there for the mounds and holes, any suggestions?
I have used milky spore, Juicyfruit gum, glass jar traps. I am out of ideas!
  8 answers
  • Bobbie Brattain Bobbie Brattain on Mar 20, 2017

    Judy - yrs ago we had a cattle ranch. Moles tore up the fields & we feared seeing cattle with broken legs. My husband took a small propane tank and one of those

    field burner gizmos. Stuck gismo in the mole hole and opened the propane gas tank. Propane is a heavy gas and travels downward. The moles died out and fields leveled off for about 3 years and then began coming back from the neighbor's fields. Then we had a friend who built three beautiful townhouse structures and landscaped the grounds beautifully. . .moles quickly appeared and began the process of ruining his work. My hubby told him about using propane. . .

    and it worked. One would think it would be a fire hazard, but, we experienced

    no such problem at any time. Good luck to you. I'm an 83 yr old widow now and can't do the moles like my husband did. I'm fighting moles and squirrels. About ready to give up on both. Good luck to you.

  • Roberta Roberta on Mar 21, 2017

    Get a cat. They will dig them up kill them but wo t eat them. So you will have to dispose of them yourself. Has work for us for years. Good luck

  • Claude Claude on Mar 21, 2017

    This worked for me: I put 1/4c castor oil, a squirt of dawn detergent and a gal of water in a pump sprayer...soaked the area I wanted to clear from the inside of the area out. Did it before a rain. They have acute smell and castoroil is a smell that lingers in their tunnels. They. Are gone. I did it twice...they kept coming from the neighbors.

  • Judy Wood-Ries Judy Wood-Ries on Mar 21, 2017

    Thank You- please wish me luck!

  • Caroline Caroline on Mar 22, 2017

    Get an outdoor cat. Problem solved.

    • Joyce Joyce on Mar 22, 2017

      we must have the lazy cat's in the world.there are four ferrell that live on my neighborhood,and most mornings they sit on my fence and watch.darn them

  • Jacqueline duhart Jacqueline duhart on Mar 22, 2017

    There are grubs in your soil. Eliminate their food source and they will leave.

  • Margaret Race Margaret Race on Mar 22, 2017

    Did you make sure to wear gloves before touching the juicy fruit gum? A professional exterminator gave me the gum idea, and it worked but he stressed it will fail if you touch the gum without gloves. They can smell your odor and will not eat it,