Wonder if it would get rid of moles?
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I think that was intentional... it had been a cold winter up until that point.
Which just goes to show that my boys are not reading the MB.
G'nite/day everyone, sleep time for me...
Awesome!! Thanks, Spidey!
I think that was intentional... it had been a cold winter up until that point.
Which just goes to show that my boys are not reading the MB.
G'nite/day everyone, sleep time for me...
Could I have an email address?........I want to congratulate your son on his recent engagement.......
Nooooooooooooooooo! I'll pass a message on for you.
It would mean more if I told him personally.......Nooooooooooooooooo! I'll pass a message on for you.
Yup, but moles like to live under things. Spread the granules under things that moles like to live under. If you lift something up and you see their "trails," you've found the spot.
I planned on opening up the mole hill, and pouring it in.......
That should work... Just don't make a mountain out of the mole hill.
The granules worked for me for a while, then within a year they came back. I now have several Gartner snakes around that really do a number on them. If I find a snake while mowing with the tractor I transplant them to around the house. Fun to see my father-in-law go running and screaming when he lifts up a rock and comes face to face with one of the snakes. Although I've found it's best to be nowhere near him when it happens. He bowled me over once while running away and I cracked my head on the boat.
That should work... Just don't make a mountain out of the mole hill.
The granules worked for me for a while, then within a year they came back. I now have several Gartner snakes around that really do a number on them. If I find a snake while mowing with the tractor I transplant them to around the house. Fun to see my father-in-law go running and screaming when he lifts up a rock and comes face to face with one of the snakes. Although I've found it's best to be nowhere near him when it happens. He bowled me over once while running away and I cracked my head on the boat.
This species indigenous to PA?
Yup, (and looking back... it's Garter, not Gartner, although that's how I've been saying it since I was a little kid). Not poisonous, but the suckers do like to bite your fingers and won't let go.
Best mole control there is.
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I have 2 of each, and my boys are MUCH easier than my girls. I love them all, of course, but I was the only girl with 3 brothers--the amount of tears and vitriol teenage girls generate shocked the heck out of me!Sounds like my husbandThat should work... Just don't make a mountain out of the mole hill.
The granules worked for me for a while, then within a year they came back. I now have several Gartner snakes around that really do a number on them. If I find a snake while mowing with the tractor I transplant them to around the house. Fun to see my father-in-law go running and screaming when he lifts up a rock and comes face to face with one of the snakes. Although I've found it's best to be nowhere near him when it happens. He bowled me over once while running away and I cracked my head on the boat.
He's scared to death of garter snakes (and not too fond if spiders, either--until we had kids and he had to be tough, I was Chief Spider Squasher--lol)
Speaking of snakes:
Once, many and long ago, my little sister -- who would have been 10 or 12 at the time -- spent a lot of time swimming at her best friend's house across the street. They had an in-ground pool with a concrete patio all around it, which, in our eyes made them "rich."
Well, this one day she came home with a story about how Mr. Harden -- a fearsome man who would come out at 5:30 each afternoon and bellow for his children (scattered about the neighborhood at play) to come in for supper -- had found what we used to call "garden snakes" on his patio. He cornered it and picked it up by its tail, swung it around once and smacked its head down on the concrete before tossing it over the fence into the willies beyond the back yard.
At this point, my brother (16?, 17? at this point) pipes up with this completely deadpan expression on his face with:
"Oh, they love that!"
You should have heard my mother laugh.
It was a thing she would lose the ability to do in the fullness of time (another story; another time), but she laughed that day, boys and girls.
Yes she did!
Once, many and long ago, my little sister -- who would have been 10 or 12 at the time -- spent a lot of time swimming at her best friend's house across the street. They had an in-ground pool with a concrete patio all around it, which, in our eyes made them "rich."
Well, this one day she came home with a story about how Mr. Harden -- a fearsome man who would come out at 5:30 each afternoon and bellow for his children (scattered about the neighborhood at play) to come in for supper -- had found what we used to call "garden snakes" on his patio. He cornered it and picked it up by its tail, swung it around once and smacked its head down on the concrete before tossing it over the fence into the willies beyond the back yard.
At this point, my brother (16?, 17? at this point) pipes up with this completely deadpan expression on his face with:
"Oh, they love that!"
You should have heard my mother laugh.
It was a thing she would lose the ability to do in the fullness of time (another story; another time), but she laughed that day, boys and girls.
Yes she did!
Snakes were never a problem and I've handled many dozen ever since I was a young kid. Spiders were never a problem either. I have some nice big spiders building nests outside some of the windows right now and are fun to watch. Sometimes I''ll throw an ant, moth or cricket into the web just to watch nature at work. But bees and wasps, on the other hand, sends me running.Sounds like my husband
I used to have a cat named Whiskey that would take care of my mole problem to the house we lived in before here. Craziest thing I ever saw.
I really miss having a cat. We have an empty lot behind us, full of trees and brush, but we never knew it was also full of mice until our oldest daughter developed an allergy to cats
While our Basset Hound was alive, she kept the mice away from the house (after Calvin the cat passed away and we couldn't have another cat), but ever since we've been fighting an uphill battle. No idea where they are getting in, but every fall and spring since Daisy died we've been fighting the Great Mouse War. Lulu and Louie apparently don't bother the mice at all (I smell payola ;D).
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skimom, have you stuffed every hole with steel wool? Under the sink, the laundry room, and wherever else you may have pipes coming into the house.
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