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» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: Re: Re: Noooooo!

In response to message posted by Kirk_Johnson:
We do. One year I had this bright idea to create an arbor by pleaching Four dwarf cherry trees. Sort of like a miniature allee. We bought them and planted them - and of course it was going to be a year or two before they grew enough for us to start the actual pleaching - and then rabbits girdled three of the four. But I would say we may have as many rabbits running around here as we do voles. Not to mention chipmunks. And the groundhog family. Plus the deer who call this home in winter.

I am not destined to ever get the chance to try pleaching. We also planned an allee at the top of the stone wall above the main garden and bought ten trees - half of which got planted. The otheres died and before the store got in more for us to replace Roger got tired of digging tree holes. So I have half an allee.

Perhaps if you have enough greenery around you won't miss the odd munch or two from the voles (who can also girdle trees - you'll know it's not a rabbit because you'll see definite tooth marks). But we have a lot of greenery here, too and lots of areas we've left relatively wild. Perhaps that's why I've never felt that the groundhog was much of a problem - he may be eating his face off in the woods instead of in the gardens. Then again, I may make deer the scapegoat for damage done by the others.

-- posted by Carol Wallace