how about you pop them up in clumps and return when they are gone. hey its free and exercise! in our zone it won't make a bit of diff to them, they will still bloom real purty this spring!

Do you have any bushel baskets or even plastic laundry baskets that you could overturn on top of them?

katie

I was going to say make a catwalk for them with some boards and cement blocks so the stuff doesn't get stomped but they have probably come and gone.

Your lucky with the climate you have they have plenty of recovery time.

Believe it or not-- these guys didn't harm a plant! I've heard so many stories about whole yards getting wrecked that I was skeptical when the lead guy said "don't worry-- the biggest thing we will drop will be nails."

They didn't set their ladders in the palnts and they carefully passed down all of the rotten redwood. I heard a few big crashes, but they had tossed stuff well clear of my iris beds. And these were the low bidders--so it can be done! They definitely get my recommendation!