"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> Hello All!
>
> It seems to have been a tough time this winter for wild life. The acorn
> crop for the tree-rats was small around here and the deer have just eaten
> my English ivy nearly to the ground. I'd thought ivy was poisonous but not
> to horn-rats it seems. They haven't touched the Pachysandra or the Vinca
> minor (Periwinkle) yet.

When I lived up north a few years ago, I would put out 50# bags of horse
feed when the winters got too rough. The wildlife appreciated it as did my
ornamentals.