Re: Fertilizing AND animals underground

Hi Anelle--

I finally resorted to lining beds with rabbit wire cloth to prevent moles
from eating everything.  Not worth it for everything, but well worth it for
valuable plants and bulbs.

I garden in the Coast Range, and top dress with compost each year,
basically to build up organic matter and nutients.  Don't fertilize much
otherwise.

Regards--Madelin
Ukiah, CA
Sunset 14, USDA 9


>I like Marge's "lean and mean" approach, but am not sure if the soil has now
>improved, or if I should go on feeding forever.  Also - we have some sort of
>ground dweller who does pull plants out whole.  In the spring I planted a
>large tomato, very full and about 18" high.  It was gone the next morning
>with no trace of a hole or any leaves.  It must have been pulled down into
>the fluffy dirt.  I once saw an iris pulled down while I was watching.  The
>animal leaves large mounds on top of the ground, and when we can find  the
>tunnel underneath it is about 1-1/2 inches in diameter.  I have had no luck
>in identifying it from descriptions in books.  We have put those
>intermittent beepers in the ground, but they dont seem to bother the
>creatures much.  Any suggestions about this, or about fertilizing, would be
>helpful.
>
>Anelle
>
>
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