Typical lawn care involves mowing and watering, but some people have to deal with dreaded pests. A gardener asked for help on Reddit on how to deal with moles.

With AI-generated results muddling many search queries, Reddit may be the most useful place on the Internet. One homeowner turned to the site’s lawn care community for advice on pest reduction. “Has anyone successfully installed plastic garden netting under their lawn to prevent moles from rearing their heads?” they request.

Moles feed primarily on insects and worms, so unlike gophers and squirrels, they do not eat the vegetables you worked hard to grow. The bad news, Gardening know-how writes, is that “their mound-shaped tunnels are often used by other burrowing pests… (and) their tunnels can become unsightly when there are enough of them.”

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The OP wondered about a physical barrierbut many gardening pages have tips that will mean a lot less work. Treehugger has several suggestions, including removing their food source from your garden – “look at natural grub control methods to prevent them from returning.”

If grub control isn’t in your wheelhouse, the Farmers’ Almanac suggests“Placing an ultrasound device or noisemaker, such as a spinning daisy, is often effective.” Vibrations above ground can bother burrowing moles, preventing them from appearing anywhere in your yard.

People on Reddit were skeptical that plastic mesh would do the trick.

Someone reminded the OP how turf is constructed, while writing: “Your turf will come with a thin plastic netting built into it, but that’s to hold the turf together. Moles will eat it and do it. You would need a wire mesh that won’t rust.”

Someone shared their experience, explaining that some plastic netting has been effective for them: “I have a plastic netting under my lawn to protect against moles. It works if you buy the right mole netting.”

“It seems unlikely that plastic will stop a mole,” said another commenter. added.

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