Mole catching by happypat

Mole catching

The moles have been working overtime this Spring.
We have someone who comes every year to catch ours & our neighbour Janets. This year he turned up at the end of January & put traps down.
The moles are still there so we have resorted to catching our own.
We always did it ourselves when we were farming but the traps went to the machinery auction last summer when we thought we had sold.

This is a Janet & Titch checking the traps in the morning.

Three good things:
1. I have been in my packing boxes in the garage. I have been looking at all those lovely book cases behind the TV presenters & pining for mine. I was also worried about then getting damp. My empty book cases look so much happier!
2. The sun is out but a massive drop in temperature....nicer for working in the garden.
3. The heifers have come to the field opposite. Released from their winter quarters it’s lovely to see them. Harry has shut our big gate....they are a bit frisky when they first come out....we don’t want them breaking out & tramping into our garden...it has been known!
Moles sound like a right pest.. hope you win.. Must be nice for you to have the young girls handy as long as the stay in their own paddock..
April 13th, 2020  
I love this rural view. Hopefully you can get the mole problem sorted.
April 13th, 2020  
Lovely view!
April 13th, 2020  
Bep
Such a beautiful view.
April 13th, 2020  
Moles are a nuisance!! We haven't had any since a lot of new houses built beyond us about 8 years ago. Apparently mole hill soil is very good for plants!!!
I can't imagine our house without books. They are so much more than just the story they tell.
Enjoy!!
April 13th, 2020  
You have a pretty view!
April 13th, 2020  
A lovely shot of a very lovely rural scene - love the overhanging branch . Much colder winds today - more seasonal than the hot weather we had I was able to toddle out in the garden for an hour or so this afternoon Gary and I trimmed a couple of bushes that needed tidying ! Moles can be a problem - hope you get it sorted !
April 13th, 2020  
One would think that moles did the soil a favour - like worms! Turned the soil over and aerated it? "I am a mole, and I live in a hole'
April 13th, 2020  
@maggiemae Ha Ha yes they make lovely soil maggie but large mole hills that spoil your lawn or for farmers this soil gets in the crop & spoils it. You have no moles in NZ I believe.
April 13th, 2020  
I remember moles being a nuisance in the UK. We don't have them here.

I do hope your books are returned to the shelves again for now. I must have missed some comments while I wasn't posting. I don't suppose you will be moving any time soon with the coronavirus crisis. What is the situation with your new house?
April 13th, 2020  
So good to see the sunshine.
Your comment about the heifers made me smile - they truly are rambunctious!
April 14th, 2020  
They need a cat.
April 14th, 2020  
Nice composition. Sure wish I could hire a mole catcher (besides Black Pearl of course)
April 14th, 2020  
Love the vista. My cat would help but not sure how he'd cope with all that area!
April 14th, 2020  
Moles can be such a pain! My mum in law gets them periodically and you wake up to the garden looking like Rotorua without the steam!!
April 14th, 2020  
Lovely scene
April 14th, 2020  
Beautiful and nicely composed shot. Locked at home with houses all around makes me yearn to be there.
April 14th, 2020  
love it -
April 14th, 2020  
@onewing The situation is as we were at the beginning a Babs. Still have our For Sale notice up but pulled out of new place. We hadn’t paid any money & it wasn’t our fault sale didn’t go ahead so would be silly to buy it now when all the legal stuff is done. ..still at Land Registry ...we are disappointed but perhaps it’s meant to be. We will sell this first now...when that will be is a good guess!
April 14th, 2020  
@sailingmusic @filsie65 Cats would be no good as moles live underground all the time...they only come up for out when they look for nesting material in the Spring specially in dry weather. Our neighbour thinks because it’s so dry they are looking for water too.
April 14th, 2020  
@happypat Still thinking of you and yours. How is your brother doing? And how is his wife? xxx
April 14th, 2020  
I hope you can catch them
April 14th, 2020  
@happypat (We call our cat Laddie because we think he looks like his mum had a fling with a border collie...) One day I came home to find the lawn dug up and a cat with muddy paws greeting me. I thought about consulting a pet psychiatrist as I nervously went for a closer look then found a dead mole beside the diggings. I said 'good boy' as I stroked him and swear he had his tongue out panting happily..! We didn't have any problem with molehills since that day. My in-laws had a cat that caught moles... but without the digging doggy tendancies..! :)
April 14th, 2020  
@filsie65 Really I have never heard of cats catching moles before....she deserved a fish tea for that! Must have been very quick as they can move fast when needed! I take my hat off !
April 14th, 2020  
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