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Stop Those Terrible Gophers and Moles Holes

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 7:37 am  
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Are you fed up with the obscene amount of damage to your landscape due to moles and gophers damage?

So you’ve got a mole problem, or perhaps a gopher problem, and are searching for the best solution. Well, let me tell you, you have a daunting task at hand. Once you begin looking around for mole and gopher solutions, you will find that they are a plenty. In fact, there are so many, each promising to be an exacting solution that your head will be spinning after just a few minutes.

If you are like most people, you will purchase a few of the most popular products that promise to rid your yard of these pests with just a few shakes of these magic pellets, or possibly a quick spray of that magic mole repellent. Or perhaps you went for the worm-like mole bait or the mole gas bombs. Well, I can tell you that your results will be just like those thousands of other folks who are in your shoes, and still fighting the battle with their moles and/or gophers.

You see, the problem is that because moles and gophers create such a disaster in yards and gardens across this country and others, the producers of these fine products that don’t work, see you as an easy target. I can tell you from experience because I also was once in your shoes. Note that I used the phrase “was once”, because I am not any more. After spending hundreds of dollars each year trying to solve my mole dilemma, I finally devised a simple process that worked. Not only does it work, but it works every time.

The truth is that there are some effective products on the market, but in order to get the results they claim, you have to know exactly how to use them; and some are quite difficult as well as time consuming. Let’s talk for just a moment about mole traps. Mole trapping is widely accepted as one of the best methods for mole control. However, for anyone who is not a professional mole trapper, how do you know which mole trap is right for you? Did you know that there are currently over 60 varieties of mole traps on the market? Here is a list of just a few of the more well known mole traps and gopher traps:

  • Victor Mole Trap
  • Nash Mole Trap
  • Plunger Mole Trap
  • Choker Mole Trap
  • Mole Eliminator Trap
  • Choker Loop Mole Trap
  • Ground Mole Trap
  • Scissor Mole Trap
  • Black Hole Mole Trap
  • And the list goes on and on…

So if you are considering trapping your moles or gophers, where do you start? My suggestion is to skip past the expensive discovery process where you end up buying 5-7 different traps and many other gimmicky products, sprays, granular, poison worms, insecticides, and end up pulling your hair out standing over a mole hole for hours with a shotgun. And… take advantage of the fact that I already went through all of that and now have a perfected process where I can show you exactly how to get your mole or gopher every time, with just a few minutes work, without spending more than a few bucks total. I not only tell you how to do this, but I also show you on video exactly what I do. I can tell you that I have been able to help a lot of people quickly elininate their mole and gopher problems for good.

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Gopher and Mole Garden Pest Solutions

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 8:07 am  
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Here is a new twist on an old fashioned gardeners remedy to rid your garden of those gopher and moles holes!


Get Rid Of Gophers and Moles

Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 2:39 am  
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mole-holesIf you’ve ever had to get rid of gophers from your lawn or garden, then you’ll know just how frustrating a process it is. If you are now faced with the problem of gophers, why don’t you find out from someone who has tried all the tricks, which is the one that actually works.

I have lived with the frustration of gophers in my garden and it wasn’t until I found someone that had done all the research for me that I found a solution that worked for me. In a nutshell, you need to educate yourself about these creatures, what their habits and behaviors are, find out what gets rid of them for good and what thousands of other people have used and had success with.

 

As a gopher digs under the surface of your lawn there are a few damaging effects that they are having on more than just the visual landscape. Firstly, the piles of dirt that they push out of their tunnels, are fresh soil for weeds to take root, and the vegetation under the piles of dirt is damaged. When burrowing, the gophers pull up roots and expose them. Rocks can also be exposed which pose harm to any garden machinery being used.

There are many ways that you can try to get rid of gophers. Here’s just a few of the more popular ones: *Trapping – this is certainly the most common method used. However it may take a bit of practice learning to set the trap correctly and then you will need to get rid of the body. *Exclusion – using small mesh fencing or plastic netting, you could protect a portion of your garden if there are particular plants that you want to make sure stay safe. *Gassing & Flooding – with both of these methods, gophers have been known to retreat to a section of the burrow and then block off the tunnel. *Poison pellets – this is probably the easiest option, but care must be taken to ensure the safety of other animals (such as pet dogs or cats). And you may have to deal with the gopher body if they decide to come above ground to die. *Repellents – you can buy synthetic products that have the odor of gopher predators.

All these methods have their merits, but the important fact is… it needs to be something that works, and works permanently. I’ve been frustrated by gophers invading my lawn so I’ve written a blog about my experiences and what I’ve learnt.

If you are tired of fighting this battle with gophers (or moles or vols) on your land, you are not by yourself. I’ve written about my experiences and how I was able to Get Rid Of Gophers. This website www.GopherRemoval.info will give you access to help and information about these creatures and how to get rid of them for good!

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Common Indoor Bugs

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am  
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The common indoor bugs we see all over the world are flies, spiders, fleas and beetles. No-one likes to see insects indoors, so most people go to almost any extremes to get rid of these common indoor bugs. Less common indoor bugs may be woodlice, earwigs, scorpions and millipedes or centipedes, although they are not less unwelcome.

No matter where you live in the world, it can be very difficult to keep these common indoor bugs outside, unless you go to the extremes of keeping all your windows and doors closed at all times, which is obviously impossible. I now live in Thailand and I know for certain that this is not possible.

So, just what can you do about it? Well, let’s sort out all the flying insects first, because of all the common indoor bugs, I think they are the most unpleasant indoor bug. They are very annoying, buzzing around your head and mosquitoes and other flies can create irritating sores and besides that, all flies carry disease. I hate to see them walking on food, knowing that they have probably just come off some dog’s muck somewhere and now they are spitting on my food to taste it with their dirty feet!

My first line of defence is fine-mesh door and widow screens. They are not expensive and can be added retrospectively to any window. My window meshes slide, so they can cover only one half of the window at a time, but I do not think that’s a problem. You can still create cross-winds, by opening two or more windows at opposite sides of a room. I just love to see the flies on the mesh trying to get in by day and the mosquitoes doing the same by night. At night, it is wise to burn as little light indoors as possible in order not to attract these common indoor bugs.

My second line of defence is natural predators – lizards, like Geckos (Jin Jok, in Thai). Some people don’t like them in the house either. I can’t say I’m all that keen on them indoors myself, but they are hard to keep out and they do consume hundreds, if not thousands, of indoor bugs every day. I like to see them lying in wait on the outside of the mesh, ready to jump on any bug trying to struggle its way through the wires.

My third line of defence is an indoor bug zapper. You know, the electric, handheld bug zapper that looks like a child’s tennis racquet. They are brilliant at trapping and annihilating any flying indoor bug. The inset literally explodes and vaporizes on contact with the fully-charged wires of the indoor bug zapper. If you haven’t tried using one, you really should. They are most satisfying. These three defences keep our house quite much free of flying insects.

The crawling common indoor bugs are not so much of a problem really. Door screens on self-closers will keep 99% of them out and the Geckos will help too. Spiders can get in fairly easily, but then, I don’t mind them too much as long as they keep away from me, as they consume other insects too. They are on our side really. However, for those who can not bear to catch them and put them outside, the handheld indoor bug zapper works well on spiders too.

Fleas can be a problem, if you keep cats or dogs, but then if you wash or dust the animal once a month, you should be able to keep those common indoor bugs under control fairly easily. However, there are two final methods that we use. Every week, before we go out for the day, we spray every room with fly killer and every six-months we spray any rugs or carpets with an insect killer containing permethrin, which will survive washing and vacuuming for that long without losing its ability to kill common indoor bugs on contact. If you stick with these measures, you should be able to keep your home or office quite free of the most common indoor bugs and any less common indoor bug too.

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