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The Velveteen Ocelot

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24. Moles eat the grubs in your lawn - the kind that turn into Japanese beetles.

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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:55 PM

Aug 2017

So maybe you could live with a lumpy lawn so Japanese beetles don't eat your roses.

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How do you get rid of moles in the yard? [View all] CountAllVotes Aug 2017 OP

You don't...you go to the doctor. ret5hd Aug 2017 #1

Get a cat Lunabell Aug 2017 #2

three cats CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #6

get a pit bull DBoon Aug 2017 #27

I've had luck with LakeArenal Aug 2017 #3

Will check into that CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #4

There's also dry repellent. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #5

Thanks CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #7

I also get rid of them with mole pellets at the hardware store get a few pa ks FloridaBlues Aug 2017 #21

I want to get rid of the moles in D.C. Sanity Claws Aug 2017 #8

Creepy damn thing! CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #12

Check your state and local laws GP6971 Aug 2017 #9

Where I live it's against the law Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #25

That must be the law here CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #34

Northern California is where I live. n/t Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #43

:) CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #44

Lots of dry ice down the holes might work Warpy Aug 2017 #26

Black snakes TEB Aug 2017 #10

You Might Want To Compare Notes With Ag Jefferson Beauregard Sessions global1 Aug 2017 #11

What about gophers? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #15

I expect a tweet from Trump soon DBoon Aug 2017 #28

Chew a huge bunch of bubblegum and shove the wads down the holes. sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #31

Get a Teddy Roosevelt Rat Terrier (also called Type B, Short-legged Rat Terrier) populistdriven Aug 2017 #13

My family raised terriers CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #16

You might learn safeinOhio Aug 2017 #14

I used milky spore. Glamrock Aug 2017 #17

Where to you get milky spore? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #18

I picked it up at the local garden center. Glamrock Aug 2017 #22

use a shovel SWBTATTReg Aug 2017 #19

They don't allow that where I live CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #40

The best luck I've had Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #20

What yard? CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #41

All the more reason to Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #42

Just get a mallet and wack them. It might take a while. brush Aug 2017 #23

Moles eat the grubs in your lawn - the kind that turn into Japanese beetles. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #24

So as others have suggested, cats and dogs can work wonders... Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #29

They do not have it where I live but ... CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #45

Uncover the mole hole and stick a old time gopher (wire) trap in the hole - cover it back up and demosincebirth Aug 2017 #30

Get a comfortable lawn chair, a good spot light, a bag of chips, Doreen Aug 2017 #32

I read on a blog where a fellow from the UK uses "petrol", Lint Head Aug 2017 #33

Thanks for that idea CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #35

The moles, ground hog and skunk JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #36

I can't have a dog CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #37

Ahhh I missed that JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #38

Update CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #39

Sweeney's mole and gopher sonic spike Rocinante Sep 2017 #46

Thanks for the idea CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #47

This may have gotten rid of them! CountAllVotes Oct 2017 #48

My cat ran away! CountAllVotes Nov 2017 #49