Mole War!

Now that the Loir appear to be under control focus has moved to the growing mole population. Having seen in many stores a system for ‘blowing up’ moles we decided to invest in a ‘Detauper’. Basically you put a small explosive device down a mole hill, backfill with a little soil, place the control unit above the hole with a plunger on the dirt below. When a mole then pushes earth up the hole the explosive is detonated – 100% effective so they claim. While this may seem a little over the top its probably a much more humane way than traps and poisoning.

You can get more details from the makers website

So far we have had 4 successful detonations (assume they were successful, have not dug up the hole to check) and we seem to have cleared them from the top lawn. There are lots more moles down in the field…..

The detonation sounds like a distant shotgun blast but not loud enough to wake us up at night.