Everything about making a mole repeller with your own hands: instructions on how to make it

Options from plastic bottles

The simplest version of a homemade repeller is a bottle placed on a pin. Also suitable for empty beer cans. The pin must be stuck into the ground so that sound and vibration are transmitted to the wormholes.

Iron transmits sound better than wood.

The most difficult option is a windmill against moles. To make it you will need a one and a half liter beer bottle.

The bottle must be of a “classic” beer shape. That is, with a narrow elongated neck.

In addition to the bottle, you need good scissors, a marker, a self-tapping screw with threads that do not reach the head, a nail, an awl and a windmill stick. Given the maximum complexity of creating such a mole repeller from a plastic bottle, there are no visual diagrams or drawings. There is only an extremely clear video.

1. The bottom of the bottle is cut off along the horizontal line that is found on all plastic bottles.
2. The cut bottom is turned over with the bottom up. The bottom has the shape of a five-rayed star. Using a marker, mark the areas that need to be cut out: from the border of the central circle strictly in the middle of the “ray” and from the middle of the central circle along the hollow between the “rays”. This part needs to be cut off. It turns out that half of the “beam” is cut out.
3. The operation is repeated on all “rays”. The propeller is ready. All that remains is to punch a hole strictly in the center of the circle. The hole should have perfectly smooth edges and a diameter larger than the provided screw.
4. Insert a self-tapping screw with the head “inward” into the resulting propeller and screw it into the center of the bottle cap until the thread runs out. To make screwing easier, you first need to make a small hole in the cap. On the inside of the cover, the self-tapping screw can be secured with a nut for reliability.
5. Make two holes for a nail at the bottom of the bottle neck, strictly along the center line. The holes must be strictly opposite each other.
6. Take an almost finished windmill and secure it to a wooden pole. Stick the pole into the ground in the garden.

When there is wind, the propeller makes a rather nasty noise, which moles are afraid of. The advantage of a windmill is that it will work in any wind direction. In fact, this is an ordinary weather vane.

It’s not difficult to make your life easier and drive the mole out of the garden. To do this, you need to make a pinwheel from a plastic bottle to scare away moles without any special frills, mounted on a pin. The diagram of such a turntable is below.

To enhance the effect, a metal pipe is buried in the ground below the level of the molehills. A pin with a mole ratchet is lowered into this pipe and the pin is secured in the pipe so that it does not dangle. The spinner works almost like a windmill, but depends on the direction of the wind. Sometimes the wind cannot rotate the repeller if the direction of the air masses is different.

Types of repellers

Today, there is already a fairly large number of different methods and means of controlling pests that have appeared on the site.

First of all, mechanical repellers and traps should be highlighted. These are old methods of fighting rodents and burrowing pests (moles, mole rats, shrews). Typically, standard designs for repelling parasites have a rounded appearance, which creates an unpleasant noise for the animals during active rotation. The principle of such mechanical devices is to vibrate the ground to drive away animals. This affects not only pests that live under the soil. Mice, rats, and even birds also react to the noise of this device. When a sudden noise occurs, they get the impression that there is a person or predator nearby who may pose a certain threat to them. Thus, the instinct of self-preservation forces them to move away.

Mechanical structures also include traps, mousetraps and special molebreakers, which have a very good effect. Sometimes on the site you can find special devices against moles, made according to homemade schemes.

The next type of repeller is the biological type. These are special substances that should emit a strong odor. They are usually aromatic oils placed in small capsules. This smell is very unpleasant for rodents or moles. In this way, you can scare away parasites from your plot of land. Biological pest control agents include poisons. Such substances are not a humane solution to the problems of a farmer or gardener, but they remain very effective.

The last type of mole and rat repeller is electronic devices. Ultrasonic repellers have an interesting method of action. It is very effective, safe for humans and at the same time humane. The devices will emit low frequency sound, to which burrowing animals and rodents are very sensitive. They affect the nervous system and irritate the ears, so pests try to leave the unfavorable place faster. An ultrasonic mole repeller is considered a more universal type of device than other types.

Mole repellers according to these schemes have a wide variety, and everyone will have the opportunity to choose the most suitable one for themselves. You can also make a mole and rodent repeller with your own hands according to a certain pattern.

Tin repellers

My favorite pastime at the dacha is drinking beer. And after the beer there are a lot of cans left. They can be used to make a beer can repeller.

The simplest option is to put the can on a metal pin. A light tin will sway under gusts of wind and knock on the pin. A little more complicated: hang the cans around the area on ropes so that they knock against each other. The most difficult option is to make a pinwheel.

Turntables made from this material are small and very light, but loud. A pinwheel from a beer can is made in the same way as from a plastic bottle: blades are cut out of it and bent outward.

A very interesting version of a homemade “tin” repeller in the photo below.

Such a mole repeller already requires certain skills in assembling mechanisms. The upper “bowls” catch the wind and ensure the rotation of the windmill. Pieces of tin tied below are knocking on a metal pole dug into the ground.

Comparison of homemade and industrial repellers

Of the industrial mole repellers, ultrasonic ones are the most popular. But according to reviews, not all of them are effective. They speak negatively about Russian-made ultrasonic mole repellers and praise Japanese ones.

According to homemade repellers, they note that moles have little fear of windmills and turntables, sometimes making a hole right next to the pin. Ringing alarm clocks or constantly playing modern music to the animals will effectively get rid of moles from the area.

Generator circuit for repelling rodents

• The electrical circuit of the generator includes an ultrasonic vibration generator (C3, C4, DD1.3, DD1.4, R3, R4), a low frequency modulator (C1, C4, DD1.4, R1, R2), a power amplifier using transistors VT1- VT3, emitter, which uses a high-frequency loudspeaker 4GDV-1.
• The generator emits frequency-modulated oscillations in the range of 15....40 kHz. The frequency can be adjusted by resistor R4, the modulation frequency is adjusted by resistor R2 within 2...10 Hz.
• If you set contact SB1 in such a way that in case of unauthorized entry into the room this contact closes, the generator can work like a security alarm siren, since it begins to emit frequency modulation in the range of 1000...2000 Hz.
• It is important that when working for a long time in one frequency range, rats get used to it, so you need to change the radiation parameters with resistors R2-R4 2-3 times a week. Or connect capacitor C4 to a piece of wire that creates an additional capacitance that changes with changes in temperature and humidity. Then the frequency will change randomly.

Generator circuit

DIY mole repeller

The mole is a predator by nature. Its diet consists of larvae, small vertebrates, worms and insects. Also loves caterpillars, mole crickets and wireworms. He can get to them by breaking through long underground passages. As a result, the excess soil formed in the process of painstaking labor is pushed upward by the animal. This is how the mounds that gardeners dislike are formed. It is noteworthy that it eats precisely those pests that are capable of destroying the future harvest.

However, related problems arise - in search of something edible, moles dig long tunnels in the ground at different depths. Labyrinths laid deep in the soil damage roots and disrupt the natural microenvironment near the root system of plants. And the earthen heaps that appear on the surface spoil the appearance of the site. In general, it becomes obvious that the animal does more harm than good and then the question arises of how to get rid of moles on the site.

How to scare away moles in the garden

Moles feed on earthworms, larvae, frogs, mice and insect pupae. They do not touch the roots of vegetables, as is commonly believed. But they cause considerable harm to the garden.

On the one hand, moles are useful in that they destroy harmful insects, especially such dangerous pests as the larvae of the cockchafer. They also loosen the soil well, making it more fertile.

But, on the other hand, they cause even more harm than good. They eat earthworms, which are essential to our earth.

You can get rid of moles using a mole trap or using noise. Place a few noisy turntables on your site and the moles will leave your garden, but not far.

Another way will help get rid of moles. Install a 1.5 meter long pipe into the ground. Place a plastic bottle on its end. Moles will not tolerate the noise that the bottle neck makes in the wind.

general information

A large number of moles appear in gardens in the first half of summer. This occurs due to the fact that the upper soil layer of forests and meadows becomes scarce and depleted. And garden associations and summer cottages with their fed “fat” soil, teeming with all kinds of living creatures, attract moles like a magnet.

During a short hunt for its food, a mole can dig up the entire area up and down, while spoiling a vegetable garden, beds with crops or a beautiful lawn. To prevent this from happening, you need to know how to get rid of an uninvited guest. If you do everything consistently, the result will be definitely positive and the mole will leave the area where he is not welcome.

There is an opinion that moles are afraid of unpleasant odors. As a result, some summer residents water their gardens with carbide and kerosene, scatter rotten fish around the area and use smoke bombs. However, such methods are unlikely to suit good gardeners - is it possible to have a good rest in a plot that constantly stinks of rotten meat and kerosene?! Therefore, people are looking for alternative ways to fight.

Attention! Industrial enterprises have developed and produce various types of electronic repellers. But the price for them is quite high.

Experienced summer residents know that moles cannot stand any kind of noise. They do not like the sound of metal, the crack of plastic, or the ticking of an alarm clock. It was these characteristics of the animal’s character that served as the theoretical basis for the creation of various types of mole repellers.

DIY mole repeller

Since the task at hand is not to destroy the mole, but to evict it from a certain territory, for this purpose they use “noisemakers” rather than various kinds of poisons and chemicals. How to make a mole repeller with your own hands? In fact, it is not difficult and there are several types of noise structures.

Materials from which this device can be made:

• plastic bottles;
• tin cans of various shapes;
• ultrasonic and electronic devices;
• electric alarm clocks.

The leading place among homemade repellers is occupied by those made of plastic.

The simplest device in the fight against moles for your territory is an ordinary plastic bottle placed on a metal pipe. Under gusts of wind, a plastic bottle makes an unpleasant sound and transmits vibration through the pipe. They can be heard in the animal’s underground passages and he really doesn’t like them. It should be noted here that wooden sticks are not suitable for these purposes, since they conduct sound worse than iron.

Windmill made from a plastic bottle

A complex option is a mole repellent in the form of a windmill. This is a kind of weather vane that works under any wind direction. When it gusts, it makes an unpleasant sound that scares away moles.

Windmill made from a plastic bottle

A mole spinner made from a plastic bottle is made as follows:

1. Take an ordinary beer bottle with a volume of one and a half liters. Its shape should be classic.
2. The bottle is turned over and the bottom is cut off with sharp scissors. As a rule, the classic bottle shape has a stripe near the bottom. It is along this that the cut is made.
3. The finished cut bottom is turned over with the outer side up and a marker or felt-tip pen is used to draw lines along which further cuts must be made. Or rather, remove some of the plastic. The bottom has a central circle from which five rays radiate. You need to make markings from the border of the circle to the middle of the beam. Also from the middle of the circle and in the middle of the depression between the rays. This piece in the form of half a beam must be cut out.
4. This manipulation is repeated with the remaining rays. And now the turntable is ready.
5. A hole is punched exactly in the center of such a propeller, which should be perfect, without torn edges.
6. A self-tapping screw is inserted into the pinwheel (the cap is directed inward) and screwed into the center of the bottle cap. Twist all the way until the thread runs out. To make the fixation more rigid, it is possible to add a nut on the reverse side.
7. On the neck of the bottle, strictly marking the center line, two holes are made for the nail. They must be against each other.

The simplest skewer - DIY noise maker

The simplest thing is to make a pinwheel that, when rotated by the wind, creates noise. The vibration is transmitted to the ground through the stand and scares away the animals. Birds and reptiles also prefer to stay away from the unknown. It should be taken into account that “motley ribbons” indeed have a “quarrelsome” character and may be offended by an unwelcoming reception. For several days when dealing with snakes, it is better to wear secure shoes and trousers. Here is a master class on making a repeller from plastic bottles:

1. We mark 4-6 windows with a marker, evenly located on the side surface of the bottle. You need to choose a container with smooth sides.
2. We cut through three sides of the marked rectangles.

3. We bend the cut sectors, as shown in the photo.
4. In the bottom and cap of the bottle we drill a hole slightly larger in diameter than the thickness of the rod. Using pliers, twist two rings of copper wire onto the rod. It will serve as a stop for the bottom of the container. We place the workpiece on the rod.
5. We stick the rod into the ground not far from the place of the moles’ “crime”.

6. For reliability, we install repellers every 10m on the site.

Another option is to make a ratchet to repel pests in your summer cottage from a beer can. As follows from the photo, the design is approximately the same.

The jar will emit sounds of a different frequency, which may be useful in conjunction with already made repellers. It is also useful to simply place several beer cans on metal pegs stuck in the ground. They will add new sounds to the overall “symphony”.

Beer can protects the interests of the garden

We almost forgot about “wind instruments”. To control pests on the site, it will be useful to bury several glass bottles halfway into the ground. The wind will definitely whistle in their necks, which the pests will definitely hear.

A monument to a good drink and a mole repeller in one bottle

How to use alarm clocks against moles

Repelling moles from a summer cottage using a clock mechanism is already a proven and most importantly effective thing. To do this, you need to purchase an inexpensive battery-powered alarm clock, or better yet, more than one.

How to use alarm clocks against moles

The clock sets different ringing times. After which they are placed in glass jars with screw caps. This “gift,” previously tested for leaks, is buried in different places on the site. Moles are very annoyed by the endless ticking of the clock, and even more so by the ringing of the alarm clock. In this simple way, an alarm clock against moles helps a lot.

A slightly more complex version, again using a watch, is also considered very effective. To make such a homemade repeller with a clock mechanism, you will need a wide pipe (half a meter). Holes are drilled on its sides and in the lower part. The pipe is buried on one side in the ground, below the level of the mole’s underground corridors. An alarm clock is lowered into the pipe itself, to which a rope is tied for ease of further removal. The ticking mechanism creates an ultrasonic effect inside the pipe. And the mole is forced to leave the area.

Thus, using an alarm clock against moles, you can get rid of them one hundred percent. The main thing is to wait until the enemy’s nerves give in and he retreats from the battlefield.

As you can see, various types of noisemakers are excellent at scaring away moles. It is the annoying sound that complicates their life in a certain area. The most important thing is that the methods have been repeatedly tested and effective. Using them, it is quite possible to get rid of these creatures in your garden once and for all.

How to get rid of moles in your summer cottage forever?

Although the mole brings many benefits in nature, in summer cottages it is a real scourge. Which is not so easy to remove from your garden. It is necessary and possible to fight the mole! If you don’t fight, you will be deprived of some of the potatoes, for example, one mole is preparing supplies for the winter that reach up to 40 kg of potatoes, and how he loves carrots and red beets. Yes, this is almost my entire harvest!

He also loves to feast on worms, which do a lot of good for us, loosen the earth and saturate it with oxygen. Plus, most of your root vegetables will be destroyed, as they will probably be in the path of the mole.

I know a lot of ways to fight moles, some of them I used myself, some of them were used by my neighbors. Really working and really funny!

Personally, my method is simple prevention in quotes. I always plant onions and garlic around the entire perimeter of the garden. This not only saves you from moles. And also some plants, for example daffodils, which are both beautiful and safe.

And so, ordinary rattles in the form of tin cans on strings have always been disliked by moles. They cannot stand loud noise.

But I got rid of my uninvited guests with the help of a pungent smell, with the help of herring))

I bought a kilogram of salted herring, took it outside and gave it time to sit so that it would give off a “good” smell, or rather, become rotten. And then she tore up the mounds of moles and threw them into the trench, piece by piece, no more than 5 cm long. From such a stench, I would have run away myself.

I threw it into almost all the holes, and repeated the same the next day when the mole began to leave. On the third day he was already outside my dacha plot, may my neighbor Ivan Ilyich forgive me))

I know that electronic mole repellers have now appeared. But they should be chosen more carefully; many do not bring any benefit. It's better to read reviews about them and then buy.

There was also a funny case of fighting a mole in my life. A whole family of moles settled with a relative; the area looked as if it had been after an air raid. Nothing took the moles. And since they feed on insects and some root vegetables, it is difficult to feed them pesticides. The relative became so desperate that no method worked that he borrowed a vibrating plate from a friend. But moles are afraid of sharp sounds, but here it’s just an earthquake)) Starting at lunch, from the beginning and gradually moving in the direction of the mole holes, by the evening he collected half a bucket of mole brood. He says the moles almost jumped out of the holes. This is a physically possibly difficult way, but effective! Sincerely, Grandma Manya...

Alarm clock from moles

We also tried mole alarms in previous years. They buried the clocks in jars with a metal lid in three greenhouses, setting the alarm clock for the same time in the morning. The mole still walked, only in the evening.

Then they set the alarm clock at different times in three greenhouses: in one in the morning, in another at noon, in the third in the evening. So this “g-sh” came in the morning to that greenhouse where the clock worked in the evening and vice versa. In short, I worked by the hour.

This method is good as an additional method to the vibration repeller.

The alarm clock goes off twice a day at the set number (one alarm clock will turn on at 5 am and at 17-00, and the second at 12 noon and at 24-00) and rings for an hour. Taking into account the operation of the vibrating mole repeller (in the morning from 8 to 10 and in the evening from 19 to 22), it turns out that the mole has very little time left.

Alarm clocks

Mole repeller from alarm clocks
It is very easy to make a mole repeller from ordinary cheap battery-powered alarm clocks. Alarm clocks are set at different times to ring and the clocks are placed in jars with screw-on lids. The lids are sealed and the jars are buried in different places in the garden. Moles cannot stand the sounds of the alarm clock constantly coming from underground and leave the area.

The second option with an alarm clock: place it in a half-meter pipe, buried vertically. Holes are drilled in the bottom of the pipe for better sound distribution. This is what the pipe looks like.

The alarm clock is attached to a wire so that it can be easily reached.

On a note!

Of all the mole repellers, alarm clocks are one of the most effective methods. The only better repeller is a radio and speakers, but this type requires special knowledge.

DIY vibration mole repeller

The vibration mole repeller mentioned above was made with our own hands (in the homemade sense) last fall in order to prevent moles from settling on the site for the winter.

In the summer, having seen piles of moles right on the lawn, closer to the upper neighbors, we installed a vibrating mole repeller closer to the lawn, so I think, due to the too large distance to the greenhouse, there is no desired effect.

The range of action of such a homemade vibration repeller is somewhere no more than 15m, maybe less. It all depends on how deep you bury the pipe. Our pipe is buried at 0.5 m. It’s better to have a thin-walled metal one for stronger sound vibration, but we have a plastic one.

How to make a vibration mole repeller - read the link below.

How to get rid of moles in the garden

One of the most unpleasant pests in the garden are moles, because of them we lose almost the entire harvest. So how can you get rid of these troublemakers in your garden? There are many ways, including repellers. But in this article we will tell you how you can make a repeller with your own hands.

You need to take a simple, not very long stick, a meter or one and a half long, put your favorite homemade plastic bottles on it, make cutouts as in the photo, and after that stick the windmill into the ground.

The noise that the windmill makes scares the moles and they leave the garden to join the neighbors.

It is important to place them correctly in the right places. This method is most popular among gardening enthusiasts.