Our neighbour, not liking the moles digging up his mum's garden, has a slightly unusual but pretty nifty technique for evicting those that dare to stray within arms reach. Armed with a grub hoe and lots of patience he tip toes up to the mole hill that he has previously flattened the day before and stands statue like, hoe raised above his head and waits. Sometimes he'll be there for what seems like hours, eyes never wavering till the earth moves and wham! The mole gets hoed and hoiked out rath...

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