[Cowboy Bob]

Where I live, the winters are rather mild. It got down to the mid-20's F last winter. I saw a hedgehog in Kazakhstan years ago, and in tht area, the temperature got down to below 0 F in the winter.

Not sure if they do much damage to the plants around the building. People leave out food for the stray cats that live around here - and the hedgehogs come out at night and feast on the cat food. So, maybe they are well-fed and leave the plants alone. My wife said she saw a bunch of babies running aroung this summer.

[Hot Tabasco]

Well I have to admit, they are cute critters.....