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Good Morning! :-)

[Chicory]

Everyone seems to be coming along with their gardens!

I have a question. Last year I bought hollyhock plants and some critter ate the leaves, which meant the poor plants didn’t do well.

I planted some seeds in the hope that they would think a year had gone by by this summer and they would flower.

But I am afraid of the critter getting to them again.

Last year I put some mint sprigs around the seedlings and the critter did not eat them. Now I have some fresh mint sprigs from the store and a jar of dried mint—will that be enough?

Is there any other way of keeping them from being eaten, short of a physical barrier? (I can’t put in a barrier where they will be.)

Thanks so much!