Hehe, nice! :) I need to get around and do some more chop-and-dropping to clean up some plants that have died back from the frost. Got to build up the mulch layer a bit more!

Great to hear! :) I love seeing people promoting topics like this!

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The cold is just getting started here! :) But this time of year is when I get a lot of my prep for spring done so I enjoy it.

Thank you! :) Nope--just the Wild Homesteading account. Though I do have a "secret" 2nd account that I keep meaning to use as a personal account. There are things I would like to write about

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Yup! That is the basic idea and in the areas where my plants are thick enough I don't have to worry about creating these structures. But it helps a lot to get things established :)

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It's hard with deer--this is why I had to go with a fence... Sorry to hear about your struggles with deer!

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I have deer fences up to about 7 feet just to be safe. But I'm also growing hedgerows to one day replace the deer fences. The hedgerows are planted so the outside plants are good for deer to eat but are

I'm down the street from an elementary school in a semi-rural area. No one hunts here due to the population and even where hunting is allowed it does not seem to keep the deer numbers down much... we also

Thanks for sharing! Yeah, I have used sprays of different types before. Sometimes it works but I found it was not consistent enough. Plus, for restoration projects the scale of the plantings is just too

That is a good idea and something I may end up doing if the willows can't get established. But given the scale of my restoration work I try to avoid using cages or plant protectors. The cost can go up