When it first arrived, I rather liked our mole - cute, cuddly, smart. Wind in the Willows did a lot of mole PR. The reality, of course, is quite different. Question is: what to do about it?
My local park has lots of mole hills. I now see them in a different light. Each one with moley underneath wearing a hard hat and hi viz jacket. It’s definitely going to make me smile whenever I see them.
Not sure if you'd class this as a source of childhood PTSD but the one time a mole invaded a freshly laid turf lawn (surrounded by farmland), dad resorted to mixing bowls over the holes, a canister of petrol and a match. He didn't repeat the solution for the menagerie of farm animals that found their way over the fences.
The all time great get rid of mole story, not to be accomplished by just anyone IMO, though even I have a hilarious squirrel saga along these lines....is to be found in the first book (my favorite) of Machaelle Small Wright; Behaving As If the God in All Life Matters.
My local park has lots of mole hills. I now see them in a different light. Each one with moley underneath wearing a hard hat and hi viz jacket. It’s definitely going to make me smile whenever I see them.
Thank you - I'm really chuffed it made you smile. Also - maybe you could collect some mole hill soil from the park for potting on???
I feel your pain but you did make me laugh and I’m glad Moley is still going strong 😊
He's great anecdote material if nothing else!
Love that robust Mole PR saved moley for another year 🤣
So true. Kenneth Grahame will answer for my lost beetroot harvests!
Not sure I could do for moley either!
Quite! I'm too soft for whack a mole
Not sure if you'd class this as a source of childhood PTSD but the one time a mole invaded a freshly laid turf lawn (surrounded by farmland), dad resorted to mixing bowls over the holes, a canister of petrol and a match. He didn't repeat the solution for the menagerie of farm animals that found their way over the fences.
The all time great get rid of mole story, not to be accomplished by just anyone IMO, though even I have a hilarious squirrel saga along these lines....is to be found in the first book (my favorite) of Machaelle Small Wright; Behaving As If the God in All Life Matters.
Mothballs! Genius!