Ok help me out here if you can...
Something is digging up everything I am planting. This is very frustrating for several reasons. First of all, we live on about 1 1/2 acres of wooded area. There are only a very few spots in my yard that even get much sun. The area that I chose to
plant some
rose bushes and a hibiscus bush is one of those areas. Secondly, our ground is clay, which presents its own set of problems when planting anything. We replace most of the clay we dig out with a good potting soil so that the
plants have a chance to take root at least. I hesitated for several years to even try to
plant anything in my yard because the first time I did it and was successful in getting growth on a
rose bush, it bloomed once and I got to see the pretty little bloom, and the next morning it had been eaten whole! This happened several years in a row, we got one little glimpse of the bloom and then it was gone. I gave up. The ONLY thing that grows successfully and without being bothered are the
lillies that I dug up from the side of the road and tossed in the backyard out of desperation. They are pretty but I would like some diversity in my
plants!
This year I thought I was prepared. I was told to put moth balls around my
plants and that would deter the deer. So this is what I did. Everything looked pretty decent when I went in for the evening but the next morning I went out to admire my work and lo and behold everything had been dug up from the roots and tossed a foot to the side! This happened two nights in a row before I had mercy on the
plants and put them in containers and distributed them among my friends and family so they wouldn't die.
So, I guess my question is - What in the world is doing this to my
plants and is there anything at all I can do to stop them from it? Am I just doomed to have nothing but tiger
lillies in my yard forever or until I move to a different place?
Thank you in advance to anyone that can solve this mystery for me!