Where in the world are you? Moles are known to be just about everywhere.

The deterrents you describe above are not ones that really work, but are part of the old tales that permeate mole control.

A mole needs about 1/4 acre to live on and it will defend that territory to the death from invasion by other moles so most likely you have just one mole to contend with. Moles will simply push that used cat litter out of the way as they tunnel.

As long as you have a good habitat for them you will have moles.

I deduce from the above that the original poster is in the high desert, in or near Reno.

If you've been "moving away from containers and raised beds", I would suggest that a move back to raised beds, at least, might be in order. With a raised bed, you can install a physical barrier of wire mesh (hardware cloth) against burrowing mammals in the bottom of the bed, such as is pictured here: http://www.sunset.com/garden/backyard-projects/ultimate-raised-bed-how-to/raised-bed-install-lining

Used cat litter, human pee, etc. are home remedies that are unlikely to do much good. You have created too much deliciousness for the moles for them to be discouraged by magic spells.

Read about some of the new mole products just inject co2 into their tunnels which sinks down displacing the oxygen. Mole then go sleepy. You could just get some dry ice for cheap and put a bunch in the tunnels for a similar effect

Did you already try using a castor oil detterant as well?

A garden fork works well but first you have to isolate the mole by stomping down all of the existing runs and then check back every hour or so to find out where the mole is making new runs. Keep watching for a few minutes until you see the ground movement from its digging and then go all 'psycho' on it with the garden fork.

The rodent smoke bombs also work well but again you have to locate and isolate them in a small area.

kimmq, theparsley is correct, I am in the Reno area. I've never heard anyone here mention moles, but then I have no local gardeners to talk to (and the Nevada forum here is really slow and mostly about Las Vegas).

Mostly, I'm just indignant that I got a "negative" result from making the soil healthier. And it isn't entirely negative - they are a sign of soil health. I guarantee they would not have given my yard a second glance five years ago. They eat termites, which I have. (Confirmed only in the yard, not the house, but still). They eat ants, which normally I don't mind, but there was a huge nest developing near the house, and I was dreading having to use probably a gallon of Terro on it, but it went away "on its own," and there is a molehill nearby, so I think my mole friend may have taken care of that for me. The soil still has a way to go, and he is willing to aerate for me; it's not all bad. But, I fear he will be drawn to the corn and potato areas, which won't be growing in raised beds anytime soon.

I have no real expectations for the litter/UCG/urine recipe; I was just tickled that it was something I already had, and I wanted to do something knowing it was late afternoon and I wouldn't be able to call real pest control until the next day. I was also amused because I had just been watching one of those hoarder shows, and the guy was saving a bunch of bottles of urine in his shed, and I had been thinking, I hope he gets the counseling he needs for that . . .

Anyway, two of the yards adjacent to mine have dogs, and the third is xeriscaped, so the mole is never going to choose those yards over mine. I'll live with it, or call the professionals. Or maybe try dry ice first like Nevermore44 recommends. I probably still have too many rocks to try LoneJack's suggestion.

Do keep in mind, whatever you choose to do, that poison can wind up in the ecosystem, via predators eating the poisoned rodents. Desert wildlife is too valuable to endanger lightly. Here's some information on safer ways to control rodents:

http://saferodentcontrol.org/site/gopher-mole-control/ 

If the mole is a beneficial, why kill it? Besides eating pests, It has also made your soil fluffier. Though I do know that they get into vegetable roots, killing them, because the worms are more abundant there. Now, the really important question is, when will the gophers show up? Because those are the real big problems. And hardware cloth does not deter them, they will just get out ad get into the bed from above.

I have terrible moles but they never seem to tunnel around in the 6" raised garden beds. They seem to prefer the heavy clay lawn. It's a mystery but I rather prefer this to having my vegetables torn up.

Reading this thread gave me evil ideas for nuclear options that are probably not practical. Pipe fresh sewage into the runs until he drowns or barfs to death? heehee. The mention of cat litter got me thinking along similar lines: make a slurry out of it and pump it into the runs. Bentonite slurry is actually how they plug up old wells. If you have ever seen soaked clay cat litter, it makes a gray paste that will eventually harden up into a concrete like substance. That would teach em! A slurry of bentonite and cat poop delivered by tremie pipe. Bwahahahahaaa! That mole would never know what hit him, he'd become a permanent part of the subsurface. But the clay is terrible for your soil so it's not a good idea. Sure is fun to think about though.

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ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi, is a common tunneling pest in our area raised beds but I have never heard of moles.

And the OP's title suggests rule 34. Look up Urolagnia.

Moles, while they tunnel the soil, are not a major problem for garden crops, from what I understand. The issue with crops are voles, essentially a tunneling mouse - and therefore vegetarian. I use a lot of leaf mulch, and that caused the voles to move in. I've caught a few by setting up mouse traps with peanut butter, usually hiding them under things where they might go.

I've had moles undermine my fall planted garlic cloves and cause them to drop down a few inches and often they never make it to the surface.

Killing the mole just opens the territory up for other moles to move in. As long as your garden is abundant in earthworms and you live in mole country you will always have to deal with them.

Couple years back I grew some large carrots and when I pulled some of them up, the bottom had been eaten off. Moles don't eat roots, they eat worms and grubs. This was probably voles, which use mole tunnels. So watch out for that.

What toxcrusadr said. Moles can tunnel, voles burrow. Moles are the squinty-eyes, funny-footed diggers. Voles basically remind me of field mice. From reading about voles are *very* destructive in a vegetable (or flower) garden. Moles tend to eat grubs and earthworms...I would think that the pests that they eat would be a fair trade for earthworms and would probably would tilt to the beneficial-side if a person wasn't concerned with their raised tunnels. I have no idea, though, if they would decimate the worm population.