So chop and drop green mulch seems to keep them happy. Or kitchen scraps.
This will be my first year of (knowingly -- since I have always done this to weeds and prunings and just thought I was being lazy) using chop and drop. I hope you're right! I'll try burying kitchen scraps right in the walkways between the beds to see if that distracts them, too.
And now for something completely different ... OUCH! STOP THAT! HOLD THIS TINY AD!
Escape to gardens and natural buildings (for free-ish) in Montana