Lawn moles and voles are difficult to get rid of.
Moles and voles in yard.
After catching one or two the problem seems to go away.
Ground moles will not eat plants or the roots of plants.
An underground barrier around the perimeter of your yard can do just that.
Moles are insectivores and exist solely to eat insects.
If like jeff in manassas you have moles making tunnels in your lawn and voles eating your spring bulbs and perennial roots a castor oil based mole and vole repellent is the first course of action.
Although they are often confused as one in the same ground moles and voles are two entirely different animals.
Complete lawn mole extermination may not be possible especially if other people around you are also experiencing a mole problem.
Bury 1 4 inch hardware cloth in an 18 inch trench and tilt the bottom 4 inches at a 90 degree angle away from the yard to discourage animals from tunneling.
Moles voles and groundhogs are often confused with one another because they all burrow beneath the ground.
Moles aren t the only troublesome garden pests.
The best way to get rid of moles and voles is to keep them away from your lawn and garden in the first place.
The difference between ground moles and voles.
If something has been dining on your garden goodies chances are it isn t a mole.
With two completely different diets.
However while moles tend to make large holes like groundhogs do because they excavate soil they often don t leave the lawn.