Over the time, people have come with hundreds and hundreds of ideas to keep rodents such as moles and molehills that often appear on their lawns. However, most of them are proved to be inefficient, including the buried bottles with the top at the ground level that are supposed to produce a whistling noise whenever the wind blows. This specific method of getting rid of moles depends on the blowing wind, so it cannot be used as a permanent solution. There are also many electric gadgets that make a certain sound to make the moles go away. With these small gadgets however you have to be very careful about what is the protected area, as they will only work on a short distance. Lastly, there are many types of mole traps, which can be effective to catch a few of the moles living in your yard, but unfortunately they have many relatives who do not live far away.
Nevertheless, there is an idea that stood the test of time, proving itself to be effective for several years now, without any maintenance needed. Since moles only live under the soil, they dig constantly and burrow along as they are looking for worms. Hence, they have to get rid of all the soil they moved, pushing it up above the surface, thus creating a molehill. Moreover, since they dig along to progress through the soil, they are also pushing the tunnel upwards, forming a ridge on the surface of your lawn. This however is not very troublesome as you can easily fix it by pushing it down with a
lawn roller. Unfortunately, in some of the cases, the moles repeat their last performance, causing you some more troubles and thinking about how to get rid of moles.
The best solution to
get rid of moles is to stop them from pushing the soil up in the first place, and the secret is hidden in wire mashes. Even if your lawn looks absolutely disastrous, like a First World War trench, there is always a way to make things right. You have to take all the turf off, smooth down the surface to the desired shape, and lay out a galvanized chicken wire, which should be overlapped by about 7 inches at the joints. Lastly, lay new turf over all of this.
When you are finished, you will have a brand new lawn, just like intended. Even if moles will still slightly disturb the ground, creating mounds of soil used for potting up plants, the lawn will never have a molehill or mole tunnels that nobody likes to see.
You will however need to replace the odd patches of turf, and the mesh should be just at the right depth, allowing the turf to be regularly skimmed off with a shovel to replace it with new turf.
If you are planning to plant a tree or other types of bulbs after this operation, you can cut the mesh exactly for this purpose, as the chances of a mole to find that exact spot and push up the soil are very low. In conclusion, this is the best method to get rid of moles, without hurting them or depriving them of anything except for your lawn.
Moles have a nasty habit of multiplying at a quick pace. If you do not take immediate action, when you see molehills on your lawn you are likely to invite plenty of trouble. Act immediately to keep this menace away from your lawns, failing which you may be left behind with a trench in your backyard.
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