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.
Oooo, ah, that's how it starts. Later there's running and screaming and tiny ads.
Looking for cold-climate growers to join a GOOF livestream panel (Missoula)