That's what our chickens do, too! I got my impatiens half planted over the weekend. Every time our chickens go in the garden with evil intentions I shout NO,NO!! and shoo them out. I know they know they're not supposed to go in there. I went in the house for something in the middle of planting...
I love the weeping redbud! (I have one, too...;)
The same nursery tree guy told me that it would do better our wooded front yard, where it gets a lot more shelter. It's very happy there, and has been beautiful two years in a row.
I want to find a weeping tree to plant beside the entrance to our driveway, in memory of my in laws. We have a weeping pussy willow on one side, and it is doing ok. I wanted something similar, but just a bit different, to match the willow, for the other side of the driveway. I planted a...