Wow, I didn't know they were that big!!

Okay, so there has been a mole in my yard for a couple of days, it just appeared, well the tunnels and mole hills showed up. I wasn't sure what it was so I looked it up on line and decided that it was a mole. Then, although I really don't mind them, I found out how to get rid of it. They actually aeriate the soil and they eat grubs that can actually kill your plants. The bad things about them is that you have raised areas and mole hills in your yard, and they can uproot plants and damage their root systems. So, since the garden is new I didn't want to take the chance he would get in there and tear it up looking for his invertebrates to eat.

We took pictures but they won't load so I will put it up later. What amazed me is how DAMN BIG that sucker was. I put a hose in the tunnel and watched for where it would come up at. McKenzie was prepared with gloves on and a cooler to put it in so we could take it away with out harming it. If it comes back then I will take it farther next time. I think it showed up because I don't poison my yard with pesticides so the eating is good there. I got the hose going and we just waited until he started to surface. I saw the earth moving in one area and then redirected the hose and he went a little further then decided to come up there so he wouldn't drown. He decided to come out right at the edge of the garden and once he cleared the dirt Kenzie grabbed him and put him in the cooler. I was shocked at how big it was, I had seen small, the size of mice, moles before but this bad boy was 6 inches long and about 5-6 inches in diameter. Lordy!!

We carried him down to the end of the street to the edge of "the woods" and let him go. McKenzie wanted to watch him dig away and it was pretty interesting. She named him Roger - Ha!! I hope to get a picture up as soon as I can because it is pretty cool!!