Whatever you’re paying for high-priced garden solutions, it is far 
too much! Many concoctions can be made with ingredients you have in your pantry. Here are a few recipes I’ve found to be effective and can be made at home by any frugal gardener.
ROSE SPRAY-helps prevent diseases such as rust, blackspot, and powdery mildew.
Mix together:
- 1-tablespoon baking soda
- 1-teaspoon mild dishwashing detergent
- 1-tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 dissolved aspirin
Add:
- 1-gallon water
Mix together and pour into a spray bottles. Spray roses every 1-2 weeks.
DEER REPELLENT-will keep deer from nibbling plants for up to two weeks.
Blend and put through cheesecloth to remove lumps:
- 1 raw egg
Add and mix:
- 1-tablespoon Tabasco sauce
- 1-tablespoon fish emulsion
Some have said to put this in the sun for a few days but I’ve found it to be stinky and very effective straight from the kitchen.
MOLE REPELLENT-will send moles to another garden.
Blend together:
- 1-tablespoon castor oil
- 1-tablespoon dishwashing soap
- 1-tablespoon water
Mix with 2 gallons water and spray the ground where moles are uprooting your seedlings. Water in.
These homemade concoctions should be safe for the environment if used sparingly.
But there are only two effective home remedies for moles and this is not one of them. See attached:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/sheep-to-the-slaughter/
I don’t put anything in my writing that I haven’t tried myself. I read your solutions for moles, and while we’ve killed one with a shovel, the whole razor blade thing doesn’t appeal to me.
Personally, moles are the least of my problems. In fact, they do me a service by “tilling” our very hard clay soil. They are, however, a problem in garden beds with freshly planted seedlings. They are not eating the plants as do the gophers, but simply searching for earthworms and grubs. Sounds like on ranches they are a bigger nuisance.
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