A good read ... I think they must taste bad because we occasionally find uneaten bodies of moles in the fields. As you say, rarely seen, but I think we have a different soil and when we were first here and the seedlings in our light soil needed frequent watering, my wife Ann found herself one-time watering the back of a lightly-covered speeding tunneller when she returned to the row with a follow-up can. The mole did not find seedling roots much of an impediment!
Just to mention moleskin trousers (pants) - water-shedding - have been mimicked in later times by a very closely woven special cloth. I do not remember how many moles made a pair of trousers!
This was a lovely read, especially with our family garden atop the wide-ranging tunnels of a very fat, very industrious mole. He has done some significant damage to our tomato plants and herb beds, and I have upon occasion wished our resident garden snakes would do away with him. However, despite our frequent encounters with the damage he does, I can’t help appreciating his work and I think I shall be rather sorry if he does indeed disappear.
"Even a whisker will do." A fun word to remember in those moments when I find myself stopped fast, looking on as a furry creature tries to decide if I'm safe to approach or not. I had just such a moment with a neighboring rabbit a few days past.
A good read ... I think they must taste bad because we occasionally find uneaten bodies of moles in the fields. As you say, rarely seen, but I think we have a different soil and when we were first here and the seedlings in our light soil needed frequent watering, my wife Ann found herself one-time watering the back of a lightly-covered speeding tunneller when she returned to the row with a follow-up can. The mole did not find seedling roots much of an impediment!
Just to mention moleskin trousers (pants) - water-shedding - have been mimicked in later times by a very closely woven special cloth. I do not remember how many moles made a pair of trousers!
This was a lovely read, especially with our family garden atop the wide-ranging tunnels of a very fat, very industrious mole. He has done some significant damage to our tomato plants and herb beds, and I have upon occasion wished our resident garden snakes would do away with him. However, despite our frequent encounters with the damage he does, I can’t help appreciating his work and I think I shall be rather sorry if he does indeed disappear.
"Even a whisker will do." A fun word to remember in those moments when I find myself stopped fast, looking on as a furry creature tries to decide if I'm safe to approach or not. I had just such a moment with a neighboring rabbit a few days past.
Remember with a strange affection the fences of moles caught near where I grew up
Thanks Hadden