HOLEy- MOLEy!!

Last year we extended the perennial garden to increase the potential for additional plants needing more sun exposure. The "new" section was mulched and this spring I added Peonies and some groups of Lily bulbs. The Peonies were doing great (I had planted four) and then, all of a sudden ,one was dying- and FAST! I tried to baby it, dug it up to replant it and then discovered that the roots were gone! It was right about this time that the mounds began appearing. Oh, no; MOLES, my heart sank to my feet. Since then I've been tamping down the underground trails daily with a hoe. They dug new routes. I've opened up some of the tunnels and dropped in something to keep them from coming back. More raised areas appeared. Yesterday I ordered some solar-powered ultrasonic stakes that are supposed to repel them (along with any chipmunks, voles, snakes and gophers! 😬) with regularly occurring low-frequency pulses which, supposedly, they can't tolerate. Wish me luck! If anyone has any better remedies please let me know. It's a battlefield out there right now. 

1,2,3,4... I declare WAR!

Life is Good!

(and even better without root-eating rodents)!