Title: How to Get Rid of Moles Damaging Your Yard | Hunker
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How to Get Rid of Moles Damaging Your Yard
Their Damage
Usually Only One Mole
Underground Barrier
Non-Lethal Trap

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How to Get Rid of Moles Damaging Your Yard
By Chris Deziel
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Moles are furry little digging machines, and although they usually don't eat plants, they can cause considerable indirect damage to grass, shrubs and flowers. Controlling them is no simple feat; folk remedies abound, but the only really effective ones are trapping and deploying underground barriers. If you find the prospect of skewering these varmints distasteful, then try a non-lethal trapping method, or just wait for them to die, which takes about three years. Advertisement
Their Damage
Moles are bad for your yard. They don't eat plant roots, but their tunnels undermine the soil and harm roots. When the tunnels are too close to the roots of a shrub or young tree, the plant may die of undernourishment. Moles create their tunnels while searching for grubs, larvae and earthworms.