Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Should I be worried?, 0 by roserairie

roserairie wrote:
Stormyla,
I like your latest defense. I can't say for sure my snake is going to take care of everything. I still have a whole lot of beds to raise which takes a lot of time, not to mention the expense. And to be honest, I'm not crazy about the look.We wanted country gardens not raised beds. When I lost my canadian hemlock that should have clued me in that something was wrong. Then the mugo pine - completely brown. But we have replaced the mugo pines. And we tried something else I forgot to mention, voles don't seem to like gravel. The pic I posting is a little strip of stuff I planted but underneath is gravel and to the one side is gravel so they have a hard time getting to the plants. Burrows were running along the one side but they haven't made it into the plants - Yet.