Mole in the compost?

Birdy13

I think I’ve got a mole who has booked himself into a new restaurant - my compost heap. What do other members think of the evidence?



There are a few remedies I know that don’t work (according to other posts on this forum)...


But I thought I might try the pickled onion cure... 

If it is a mole, then at least that explains 

[a] why all the compost I shifted last week looked so fantastically crumbly...

...but unfortunately, that also explains 

[b] why I didn’t see any of the hundreds of worms that should have been there...



But if it’s not a mole ...



... I’ll just have to introduce the pickled onions to nice cheese sandwich and beer! 😋

(I’ve just had an after thought...Does anyone know how to cook mole? ) 🤔

Dovefromabove

I suppose it might be a mole .... but in my experience rats are more likely to be found in compost heaps than moles ... 🐀 

GemmaJF

Had moles in compost before. I left them because they were just stirring it up and saving me the bother.

There is an old trick with old fashioned glass milk bottles, dig out a fresh hill, put in the bottle and the wind blowing on the lip makes a sound that reverberates around the tunnels driving moles away. It's all I've ever done in the past and it really did seem to work around our pond where I was worried they could breach the liner.

Pete.8

I hope Gemma is right, but I fear Dove is probably closer to the mark.
I have found similar goings-on in my bins and once saw a rat scurry away into the hole as I lifted the lid.

But if Gemma is right then there a re 2 options-
The well-known French dish Moles mariniére
or the Belgian Moles-Frites 
Enjoy
Or if Dove is  right - then Ratatouille 

Copperdog

@Pete.8 😂😂

Dovefromabove

@Pete.8   👍 🤣