I have been thinking a lot about moles recently (see my post from Saturday!), and remembered Jasper Carrott’s story…
Have a good laugh!
I have been thinking a lot about moles recently (see my post from Saturday!), and remembered Jasper Carrott’s story…
Have a good laugh!
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A good story and funny…Now, how to get rid of a mole:”I think if he had invited the mole in for a glass of beer instead of the police, they could have discussed the hole digging in his garden and come to an agreement.”
It may have worked… will have to try it with mine. (He’ll have to settle for a cup of tea though!) 😉
Clever and funny. Glad you can laugh about your mole Cathy!
You have to laugh, don’t you!
So, have you tried any of these techniques? Traps with worms (or spaghetti)? Garlic and mothballs? Windmills? Or have you gone straight to the giving up phase?
We’re in the “wait and see” phase, hoping it’s one lonesome mole and he/she will disappear behind the garden fence again soon! I quite like the idea of the windmills…
Methinks just as well we do not seem to have moles in Oz: well not where I live anyways 🙂 ! Of course we kind’of have redback spiders and redbellied black snakes and . . . Oh, ’tis Sunday afternoon and I won’t frighten myself any further . . . . 🙂 ! [By the bye, I would not like moles as garden companions either!]
There is always some kind of pest around to annoy gardeners… I suppose moles are relatively harmless, just immensely irritating!
Yes, that’s my dad. He has gophers that eat anything useful planted on the property. An air rifle is his management method of choice.
If our mole doesn’t move on, we’ll have to try some of the less drastic measures to deter him/her!
Very cute. I’m glad you have such a good atttitude about it.
Well, there’s very little we can do at the moment, except hope he’ll smell spring further up in the woods! 😀
One of our cats used to catch moles! It’s hard to believe how small moles actually are compared to the damage they do. I used to say they were aerating my lawn 🙂
The soil they turn up is lovely and light… perfect for the flower beds. Must just wait for the snow to melt!
Cathy, two years ago we had voles and tried to catch them living by traps – it didn´t work. The voles were rather cunning… But at last we succeeded in expelling them from our garden by a special apparatus – it works quite careful and without any pain for the moles and voles.
I´ll bring it along with me when I visit you next week.
The mole story of Jasper Carrott is very funny….
Thanks Elisabeth, but I think we need to wait and see. It’s right at the bottom of the garden at the moment.
That was really funny. Do you know the puppeteer René Marik? He and his mole are also on youtube-clips to see.
How about foxes? http://mike585.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/hoy-gimme-that-moley/
Thanks for the link… we do get the occasional fox visiting… 😀 I must take a look at the puppeteer.
Absolutely great!!! 🙂
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This is hilarious! Very well done! It truly captures the frustration, too, of dealing with garden pests. Thank you!
Hi Cindy – it has me in stitches every time I see it… and the original live version is great too, as Jasper Carrott’s facial expressions are priceless! 😀
I read the title and I remembered the Jasper Carrot take on it straight away; fantastic, thanks for the memory
😀 You’re welcome Eddy!
Hi Cathy! Super-funny! I love British humor and this is garden humour too! Maybe your mold with “move on” by the time spring truly comes. We’ve had one dig a couple of times in our backyard in spring but then they disappear. It never stuck around… Good luck and thanks for the laughs!
I think he/she was just doing a bit of spring-cleaning, albeit a bit early!
What a funny story! And so true! It doesn’t matter what problem you have there are always loads of people with lots of solutions! 😉
And they’re all convinced theirs is THE best! 😉
Exactly!
🙂 very cute my place is loaded with them cats my cat’s weight down chasing them
I’m hoping this is just one loner on our property! 😀
never JUST ONE 🙂