Treatments

Mole Control

Traps deal with the mole you have. Treating the grubs takes longer, and it's the part that changes why your yard was worth tunneling.

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Moles aren't eating your grass

They're hunters, not grazers — a mole eats close to its own body weight every day, and none of it is turf. Those raised ridges crossing your yard are feeding tunnels: a supply line running wherever the food is. Which is why fighting the tunnels never solves anything. The tunnels aren't the problem. What's under them is.

There are two halves to this job, and they run on different clocks

Trapping deals with the animal actually working your yard — it's the direct part, and it's the part you can see the result of. The grub treatment deals with why the yard was worth working. That one takes time. Grubs don't vanish the afternoon the granules go down, and a lawn that's been a buffet for two seasons doesn't stop being one overnight. Anybody who tells you a single application empties the yard by the weekend is selling you something.

The part worth knowing: earthworms

Studies of what moles actually eat put earthworms at somewhere between 55 and 93 percent of the diet. Grubs are on the menu, but they're the side dish. And grub treatments don't affect earthworms — you wouldn't want them to, since earthworms are one of the better things happening in your soil. That's the honest reason nobody can hand you a permanent fix on the food side alone: a mole's main food isn't something we can or should take away. It's also exactly why we trap rather than leaving it all to the granules.

What treating grubs actually does

A heavy grub population turns a lawn into a concentrated, easy meal, and that's the kind of yard moles work hardest. Reducing grubs takes that concentration away — the yard goes from a hotspot back to ordinary hunting ground. Either way the treatment earns its keep on its own: heavy grub feeding chews up turf roots whether a mole ever shows up or not.

A nice lawn is a well-stocked pantry

Here's the part that surprises people: moles show up in healthy lawns. Well-watered, well-fed turf grows a generous population of worms and grubs beneath it. So mole activity isn't a sign you've neglected your yard — it's closer to a compliment. It just happens to be a compliment that wrecks the yard.

Fall is when the phone rings

Ridges turn up in new parts of the yard as the weather cools, and people assume the moles are multiplying. Usually they're just ranging farther. Once soil temperatures drop below about 50 degrees, grubs move deeper — four to eight inches down — to overwinter, and the mole follows the food down and out. Old ridges settle back on their own; what you're watching for is whether fresh ones keep appearing.

Signs your lawn is asking for this

Raised ridges crisscrossing the lawn like a tiny highway map
Fresh volcano-shaped mounds of loose soil appearing overnight
The ground feels soft and spongy in lines when you walk on it
You stomp the ridges down and they're back within a day or two
Tunnels running along walkways, foundations, and flower bed edges
Activity picking up noticeably as the weather turns cooler

How a visit actually goes

1
Confirm it's moles
Raised ridges and volcano-shaped mounds point to moles; voles, chipmunks and crawfish leave different signs. We make sure we're solving the right problem before anything goes down.
2
Read the runs
Not every tunnel is in use. We find the active runs — the ones being travelled rather than dug once and abandoned — because that's where trapping actually works.
3
Set traps on the active runs
Traps go in where the mole is genuinely moving. This is the direct half of the job and the half that shows a result soonest.
4
Treat the food supply
A granular application goes down for grubs — the part of the diet that can be managed. This is the slow half, and we say so before it starts rather than after.
5
Set expectations honestly
You get told up front what each half does, how long the grub side realistically takes, and what we can't promise. Earthworms are most of a mole's diet and nothing changes that.
6
Come back and check
We watch for fresh tunneling. Old ridges settling is normal; new ridges mean we're not done, and we come back and look again instead of repeating the same application on a loop.

Questions we actually get

Do you trap moles?

Yes. Traps are how we deal with the mole actually working your yard, set on the runs it's genuinely travelling rather than on the first tunnel we find. We pair that with a grub treatment for the food supply underneath — the two together work better than either on its own.

How fast does it work?

The two halves move at different speeds, and it's worth knowing which is which. Trapping is the part that can show a result quickly. The grub side takes time — weeks, not an afternoon — because grub numbers come down gradually and a lawn that's been a good hunting ground stays attractive for a while after. If somebody promises you an empty yard by the weekend, they're guessing.

Will this get rid of the moles for good?

No, and we won't tell you it will. Earthworms make up most of a mole's diet — research puts it between 55 and 93 percent — and nothing we apply touches earthworms, nor should it. We can take out the mole working the yard now and thin the grub population that made it worth working. What we can't do is make your soil stop being good soil.

Will the moles come back?

They can. Yards backing up to pasture, woods, or a creek see more traffic than a lawn in the middle of a subdivision, and a healthy lawn keeps growing the food that draws them. That's not a failure of the work — it's the yard being what it is. Ongoing grub management makes it less of a standing invitation.

Are moles actually damaging my lawn?

Not by eating it — grass isn't their food. But their tunneling lifts turf off the soil, which dries out the roots above it, and the ridges and mounds make a mess of an otherwise good lawn. The damage is mechanical, not appetite.

Is the grub treatment safe around pets and kids?

Product labels direct you to stay off treated areas until they're dry, and we tell you exactly what applies at every visit. If you've got a dog that patrols the yard, say so up front and we'll plan the timing around it.

Our guarantee

Between-visit call-backs are free

If something breaks through between scheduled applications, call us and we come back out and re-treat it. No trip charge, no argument, no second invoice.

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What it costs

Straight talk about price

Nobody likes chasing a number. Here is exactly how ours is built — and why we will not print a flat one.

This one is quoted on its own, not off the per-application program price — the job is sized to your yard and what it actually needs. Estimates are always free.

The number comes from your yard

We measure the treatable square footage on the estimate walk. That measurement is the price — not your zip code, not the size of your house, not what your neighbor pays.

No contract, no cancellation fee

The annual program is a schedule, not a lock-in. If you want to stop, tell us and we stop.

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Part of the bigger picture

Mole Control is scheduled alongside the 8-application annual program, in the window where it does the most good — every treatment lands at the right point in the West TN season. See the month-by-month calendar for what happens when.