{"id":139154,"date":"2023-09-12T23:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plagued-by-moles-try-a-pickled-onion-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:54:05","slug":"plagued-by-moles-try-a-pickled-onion-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plagued-by-moles-try-a-pickled-onion-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Plagued by moles? Try a pickled onion | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTackling moles | History now | Chip confusion | Other ranks | Barring the ToriesClaire Ratinon doesn\u2019t need to dance round veg beds with a rake to deter moles (I\u2019m proud of my wildlife-friendly patch, but I really don\u2019t dig this mole, 8 September). Brush the soil off the molehill, find the mole hole and drop in a pickled onion. Cover up the hole and relax while the moles go to your neighbour\u2019s garden. Children find this an entertaining thing to do, and it works.Helen KeatsBrighstone, Isle of Wight\u2022 In the correspondence sparked by Adrian Chiles (I love history programmes. But there\u2019s one trend that makes my blood boil\u2026, 6 September), the offending tense does not appear to have yet been described as the \u201chistoric present\u201d, as it was when I was being taught grammar in the middle of the last century.Hannah KentKingston upon Thames, London Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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