Ciscoe Morris: How to kill your weeds and move your moles

You have a small window to get your hands dirty this
Memorial Day weekend if you prefer to stay dry in the
garden.

Master gardener Ciscoe Morris says you should hit the
nursery Friday and then get outside Saturday.

“Mama Nature will water all your plants the rest of the
week.”

If the weeds you pulled in April are back, Ciscoe says to
skip the weed n’ feed because it’s too harsh. Instead,
buy a jug of cheap, white vinegar.

“On a hot sunny day, any weeds you spray with straight
white vinegar, within two hours are usually dead,” he
says. “You can hear those weeds screaming for mercy out
there.”

Just don’t use the vinegar around plants you value.

It’s probably too late if you planned to do some lawn
bowling or croquet this weekend, but Ciscoe has a few tips
for beating the moles.

“Don’t push the mole hole back in the hole because if you
do, they just push it right back up again.”

We have some of the biggest moles in the world right in
your backyard, but Ciscoe says an old gardener once gave
him a recipe for keeping them away.

Mole blaster: Get two handfuls of mint
stems and leaves, put it into the blender to make a
slurry. Put that in a big soup pan half full of water,
boil it, and simmer for 30 minutes. You can dilute that
to make 6 gallons of mole blaster. Pour into holes and
mounds.

“According to people I’ve talked to, the moles pack up
their bags and move over to their neighbor’s gardens.”