CULT: alfalfa pellets and BIG varmints
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- Subject: CULT: alfalfa pellets and BIG varmints
- From: L* M* <l*@icx.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 04:54:03 -0600 (MDT)
Right before I left town for a week, I planted a piece of EURYTHMIC
under the overhang of a shed hoping this microsite would protect it from
excess rain (NOT a problem this summer). When I got home, the rhizome
was tossed out of the ground and the hole where I planted it excavated,
leaving a foot wide dust bowl. I have never seen this kind of digging
associated with my plantings before and it took me until this morning to
figure out that the hungry horse, who has never bothered any of my iris
plantings before, went after the alfalfa pellets mixed in the soil!
Duh.
I guess I need to make some kind of alfalfa compost that is less
palatable. Anybody else grow irises in a horse lot and have suggestions
for ways to incorporate alfalfa pellets? I guess I could water it into
the soil and cover the spot with some lumber or other junk until it
decomposes a bit before planting.
Linda Mann lmann@icx.net
east Tennessee USA
