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How to Keep Moles Out of Your Yard
How to Keep Moles Out of Your Yard. Mole tunnels can kill grass roots, leaving a lawn covered with lines of dead, brown grass. Moles damage the roots of plants and leave yards littered with dangerous, unsightly holes. Traps and tools exist that allow homeowners to capture or remove moles once the animal has established itself in a yard, but many of...
Mole tunnels can kill grass roots, leaving a lawn covered with lines of dead, brown grass. Moles damage the roots of plants and leave yards littered with dangerous, unsightly holes. Traps and tools exist that allow homeowners to capture or remove moles once the animal has established itself in a yard, but many of these utilize spikes to kill or maim the animal. Homeowners who want to avoid mole problems can employ some basic techniques to keep moles out of the yard.
Things You'll Need
Grub pesticide or beneficial nematodes
Shovel
Gravel or clay
Glass milk bottles
Reduce the amount of water used on your yard. Scotts.com says moles like soft, damp earth and recommends watering your yard deeply only once a week to keep the yard dry while keeping grass lively. Dry soil tends to attract fewer worms, and worms attract moles.
Control the grub population in your yard. Both GetRidOfThings.com and Scotts.com list grubs one of the primary foods for moles, so combating a grub infestation will make your yard less attractive to the animals. Remove grubs by applying an over-the-counter grub insecticide or a natural remedy such as beneficial nematodes between early August and the middle of September.
Create a gravel barrier around the edge of your yard. GetRidOfThings.com recommends digging an 8- to 12-inch-wide by 24- to 36-inch-deep hole around the yard then filling the trench with gravel or clay to prevent moles from tunneling in. Due to the amount of work necessary in digging and refilling a trench, you may only want to do this if you or a neighbor has had recent mole problems.
Bury glass bottles in the ground, leaving the neck exposed. The Tip King website says the noise created by the wind blowing over the bottle necks will aggravate moles and cause them to stay away from the area.
