along the side of our carport is a small bed of perennials. last year darry added a few cannas to the bed and they did very well here, too well in fact. they multiplied enormously and took over the bed crowding and shading many other plants this summer. they weren't affected much by the drought either. when we had our first frost this week, they were damaged and it signaled the time to cut them back for the winter. many times over the summer, i mentioned to darry that they needed to be relocated since they were too aggressive for this bed and he decided to do it when he cut them back. sugar bear beat him to the punch. we were unaware of the invasion of moles in the bed until i found her in the bed digging. boy did she dig, grape hyacinths bulbs, dahlias tubers and other plants lay on top of the soil baking in the sun. i had visions of her hanging from the tree by her tail i was so mad! that was when darry made the discovery. he gathered up all of the bulbs, tubers and plants and then he dug up all of the cannas making sure that he pulled up every single tuber. in reality, it wasn't moles it was voles. they are vegetarians and bulbs and tubers are their favorite meal which makes them the enemy of many gardeners!!!
what my poor little bed looks like now.
the frost also killed of many of the plants out in the front lasagna bed.
we plan to fill it with perennials next spring
more damage in the yard by either moles or voles
they seem to like this area by the north side of the house
some of the damage by the perennial bed
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