Re: question about wintering over/ Rick
Hello Rick,
The best way to get everyone of the critters you mention below into your
plant beds is to cover it. Along with spiders, snakes, chipmunks, etc. that
you can think of.
Tried covering with row covers one year.. remay... and every critter in
this neck of the woods moved in to dine on the plants and each other. Only
problem I have is with the occasional raccoon investigating the pots and
digging out the contents. Deer come up into the yard and nibble on the tops
on occasion. Moles will tunnel under the mat and raise the trays and pots
out of neat little alignment I prefer, but do not get into the pots or the
mulch.
Also... we get too much cold, warm, cold. If you cover you have to
continually check to see that the covers are removed when it gets warm and
put back on for the cold. Warm up too soon and dormancy is broken. They you
have tender plants you can not protect far too early in the season.
Almost all of the plants I grow made it just fine through winters before
I came along. I try to immature nature (and take the route of least
resistance).
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Grazzini <rickg@centrelab.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:55 PM
Subject: RE: question about wintering over
> Gene,
> Do you do anything special to avoid mice, moles, and voles chewing on
things
> during the winter?
>
> Rick Grazzini
> central PA USA
> USDA z5b/6a
> minimum temperature: average -5 to -10 F
> minimum temperature: minus 20 F (rarely)
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