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Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:37 pm
by Colin Miles
Before Christmas we were 'marvelling' at the enormous number of molehills on the road-sides, fields and so on. This after a relative absence during the previous year. And driving up to Scotland via Bedford and Cambridge from here down in South-West Wales and back via the M6 the situation seemed to be the everywhere we looked.
Today, on a relatively short bus journey, there seemed to be even more molehills than sheep in some fields. And in one garden I gave up counting after 60. I know that 1 mole can create many molehills, but there certainly seems to be a lot of moles out there.
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:44 pm
by oldherbaceous
Dear Colin, they are still here in Befordshire in large numbers.
And people are paying £50 for every Mole caught, think i might take a career change.
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:12 pm
by Chantal
Oh hell, I had over 150 mole hills on my plot last year. I can hardly wait to go and see what they've been up to this year
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:14 pm
by oldherbaceous
At least we all know where they have been coming from now.
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:16 pm
by Chantal
I hope they HAVE all come from me! I fell in a mole hill right up to my elbow when planting leeks last year
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:15 pm
by Geoff
Was that starting from your feet or you hands?
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:10 pm
by oldherbaceous
Well i had the thought of head first, with those perfectly formed little feet sticking out, wiggling about.
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:33 am
by Chantal
Ha ha, very funny! I was
planting a leek, not stamping it into the ground
I should have known there were moles there by the amount of water the leeks took when I was planting them. My moles must be damned fine swimmers
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:38 pm
by Colin_M
Yes, loads of moles active round our way too. They onbviously aren't affected by the cold as they don't seem to mind surfacing.
Are they digging to stay warm? Wonder if we could harness this untapped power......
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:27 pm
by The Mouse
Hi, Chantal
The same thing has happened to me quite a few times in my back garden. There are so many tunnels under it now that I'm a bit worried that if someone walks (or jumps) a bit too heavily, they will trigger something along the lines of an earthquake, causing the whole garden to drop by at least 10 inches
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:43 pm
by arthur e
While digging up my Potatoes a few years ago I got a surprise when a black tatty was wriggling on my fork. Had to knock it on the head to put it out of it's misery.
Arthur
Re: Mole explosion!
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:55 pm
by Geoff
arthur e : now you are back with us can you offer advice to MoleandRatty?
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