I'll have plenty of snow ball thingies for you soon. It's supposed to get down to 28* tonight.I need more too!
I also need some weeping willow and those hydrangeas and snowball thingies.
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I'll have plenty of snow ball thingies for you soon. It's supposed to get down to 28* tonight.I need more too!
I also need some weeping willow and those hydrangeas and snowball thingies.
Bogtown...your welcome anytime! By the way...you ought to consider a lapper in your climate. They will keep you cozy, and they make great handwarmers! I stick my hands under Daisy's wings....best things ever!
Getting plants a chance to get going is the trick...isn't it? I found a clever way to get things like bleeding heart and peonie some time. Lop off 3-5 willow switches from the woods or road ditch. trim them off so you have 3 foot lengths or so and bend them in a 'U' and form a cage around the fragile sprouting plant.Thank you Bogtown and Memphis.
In addition so some of the plants pictured and listed, some other plants in my gardens that my flock leaves alone or has a difficult time distrupting are hyssop, dwarf lilies, peonies, bachelor's buttons, lungwart, larkspur, moss roses, black-eyed susans, Echinacea, phlox, wood betony (lamb's ears), chrysanthemums, sunchokes and surprisingly, as delicate as they are, bleeding hearts. All these plants are low maintenance and though some need the roots protected initially, mainly the peonies, the chickens leave them all alone. I used to worry about the ants needed by the peonies but by the time the buds develop, they're too tall for the chickens to either see them, or want to bother. Clematis is another whose roots need protecting but once they're established, they do well, though I lose the lowest blooms to the flock. They're also fast growers/climbers that can offer shelter.
I have a few dappled willows around; fast growing shrubs that they love taking cover under and irises and day lilies are as indestructible as plants can get. I also love the mock orange, another fast growing shrub that smells AMAZING and they leave the blooms alone on those as well.
Also, just to add to the delights of pumpkins...the seeds are a natural wormer.