Environment Modification
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Some people have resorted to extraordinary measures to rid themselves of moles once and for all! There are reports of people excavating their entire lawn down to a depth of a meter, and then lining the whole area and the edges with chicken wire.
If you do decide on the expensive and extreme action, make sure you keep a 30cm high ‘fence’ around the area as well since a sly mole may just surface and hop over a buried fence.
Another strategy that has been tried, tested, and has ultimately failed, is to drive heavy machinery over the surface in the hope of crushing the tunnels.
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This may work for surface tunnels, but moles often tunnel as deep as 1.5 meters. In fact, due to the shear properties of soil, you would need something of the order of an HGV to reliably collapse a 60mm wide tunnel at this depth. This would certainly make a mess of your lawn! The two further (poor) options in this category are:
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