The mole is by nature a predator. Its diet consists of larvae, small vertebrates, worms, and insects. Also loves caterpillars, bear and wireworms. He can reach them by breaking through long underground passages. As a result, the surplus land formed in the process of painstaking labor is pushed up by the animal. This is how hillocks unloved by gardeners are formed. It is noteworthy that he eats exactly those pests that are capable of destroying the future harvest.

However, there are accompanying problems - in search of something edible, the mole digs long tunnels in the ground at different depths. Labyrinths, laid in the soil, damage the roots and disrupt the natural microenvironment near the root system of plants. And the heaps of earth that appeared on the surface spoil the appearance of the site. In general, it becomes obvious that the animal does more harm than good, and then the question arises of how to get rid of moles on the site.

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A large number of moles appear in vegetable gardens in the first half of summer. This is due to the fact that the upper earthen layer of forests and meadows becomes scarce and depleted. And garden associations and dacha plots with their fed "fat" land teeming with all kinds of living creatures, like a magnet, attract moles.

During a short hunt for its food, the mole can dig up the entire site up and down, while spoiling the garden, beds with crops or a beautiful lawn. To prevent this from happening, you need to know how to get rid of the uninvited guest. If you do everything consistently, a positive result will be unambiguous and the mole will leave the area where he is not welcome.

Mole

It is believed that moles are afraid of unpleasant odors. As a result, some summer residents water the garden with carbide and kerosene, scatter rotten fish over the site and use smoke bombs. However, such methods are unlikely to suit good gardeners - is it possible to have a good rest on an area where it constantly stinks of rotten meat and kerosene ?! Therefore, people are looking for alternative ways to fight.

Attention! Industrial enterprises have developed and are producing various kinds of electronic scarers. But the price for them is quite high.

Experienced summer residents know that moles cannot stand various kinds of noise. They dislike a metallic knock, the crackle of plastic, or the ticking of an alarm clock. It was these features of the character of the animal that served as the theoretical basis for the creation of all sorts of scarers from moles.

Do-it-yourself mole scarer

Since the task at hand is not the destruction of the mole, but its eviction from a certain territory, for this purpose they use not all sorts of poisons and chemicals, but "noisemakers". How to make a mole scarer with your own hands? In fact, it is not difficult and there are several types of noise structures.

Do-it-yourself powerful dog repeller - scheme

Materials from which this device can be made:

  • plastic bottles;
  • cans of various shapes;
  • ultrasonic and electronic devices;
  • electric alarm clocks.

The leading place among homemade repellents is occupied by those made of plastic.

The simplest device in the fight against moles for their territory is an ordinary plastic bottle, put on a metal pipe. Under gusts of wind, a plastic bottle makes an unpleasant sound, transmits vibration through the pipe. They are heard in the underground passages of the animal and he really does not like it.It should be noted here that wooden sticks are not suitable for these purposes, since they conduct sound worse than iron.

Wind turbine from a plastic bottle

A difficult option is the windmill mole-scarer. This is a kind of weather vane that works under any wind direction. At its impulses, it makes an unpleasant sound that scares away moles.

Wind turbine from a plastic bottle

A spinner for moles from a plastic bottle is made as follows:

  1. An ordinary beer bottle with a volume of one and a half liters is taken. Its form should be classic.
  2. The bottle is turned over and the bottom is cut off with sharp scissors. Typically, the classic bottle shape has a stripe near the bottom. It is on it that the cut is made.
  3. The finished cut bottom is turned upside down and lines are drawn along which further cuts must be made with a marker or felt-tip pen. Or rather, remove some of the plastic. The bottom has a central circle from which five rays radiate. It is necessary to make a markup from the border of the circle to the middle of the ray. Also from the middle of the circle and in the middle of the depression between the rays. This piece in the form of a half beam must be cut out.
  4. This manipulation is repeated with the remaining rays. And now the turntable is ready.
  5. A hole is punched exactly in the center of such a propeller, which should be perfect, without torn edges.
  6. A self-tapping screw is inserted into the spinner (the cap is directed inward) and screwed into the center of the bottle cap. Twist all the way until the thread ends. To make the fixation more rigid, it is possible to add a nut on the back side.
  7. On the neck of the bottle, strictly marking the center line, two holes are made for the nail. They must be against each other.

A do-it-yourself windmill from moles is almost ready. It remains to fix it on a pole and stick it into the ground.

To make the deterrent stronger, they take a metal pipe and dig it into the ground below the level of the mole's moves. A pole with a weather vane is stuck into it, and firmly fixed in order to exclude vibrations. The sound of a rattle, which is disgusting to the ear of a mole, will scare him away from an inhospitable area.

Scarers made of tin

Making it is easy enough. If you imagine the sound of regularly beating metal on metal, it becomes clear that it cannot be pleasant. This sound is definitely not to the mole's liking.

Scarers made of tin

But it is enough to stick a piece of reinforcement or any other "iron" stick into the ground and hang a can of beer on it. Under the wind gusts, the bank will beat against the metal of the rod and the sound of the blows will go deep into the ground. Such a musical performance will again make the mole say goodbye to the garden.

You can also string any number of the same beer cans you like on the rope. The main thing is that the distance between them allows them to knock on each other in windy weather.

How to make a spinner from moles out of tin cans? It is made by analogy with a turntable from a plastic bottle. Here, the blades are cut out with scissors and bent outward. Despite its small size, such a repeller will be loud enough and will quickly drive the mole from the site.

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Attention! As for ultrasonic devices, people with certain experience can make them independently.

Those who wish to have an ultrasonic mole repeller on their site should contact professionals who are well versed in physics and electronics. Because explaining to an amateur how to assemble such a device is not too easy.

Such devices create vibration inside the soil. They can only be heard by the mole and other underground inhabitants. The human ear does not recognize ultrasound noise. But the animal's excellent hearing will immediately suffer. The mole will stop the excavation work in this direction and turn the underground passage in the other direction.

Sound waves, having an electronic source, act like all mechanical devices. Except that a certain scheme controls them. Sometimes devices with electrical noise have a vibration motor that can increase the strength of sound underground.You can buy different types of ultrasonic devices against moles in specialized stores, but the cost can scare off ordinary summer residents.

How Mole Alarm Clocks Are Used

Mole Repeller

Scaring away moles from a summer cottage with the help of a clock mechanism is already a proven and most importantly effective business. To do this, you need to purchase an inexpensive battery-operated alarm clock, and preferably more than one.

How Mole Alarm Clocks Are Used

The clock displays different call times. Then they are placed in glass jars with screw caps. Such a "present", previously tested for tightness, is buried in different places of the site. Krotov is very annoyed by the endless ticking of the clock and even more so the alarm clock. In such a simple way, an alarm clock for moles helps a lot.

A slightly more complex option, again using a watch, is also considered very effective. To make such a homemade clockwork repeller, you need a wide pipe (half a meter). Holes are drilled on its sides, in the lower part. The pipe is buried with one side into the ground, below the level of the mole's underground corridors. An alarm clock is lowered into the pipe itself, to which a rope is tied for the convenience of further extraction. The ticking mechanism creates an ultrasonic effect inside the pipe. And the mole is forced to leave this area.

Thus, using an alarm clock against moles, you can get rid of them one hundred percent. The main thing is to wait for the enemy's nerves to surrender, and he retreats from the battlefield.

As you can see, various kinds of noisemakers perfectly scare away moles. It is the annoying sound that complicates their life in a certain area. Most importantly, the methods have been proven and effective many times over. Using them, it is quite possible to get rid of these creatures in your garden once and for all.