Unprotected young Borealis honeyberry chewed by mice during the winter of 2010.

Gardeners in Alaska personally recommended Lowe's Arbor Edge #92700 for both mouse and weed control. The 27" plastic shield apparently deters mice from tunneling towards the tree trunk. But this wouldn't deter the rabbits.

Weed badger at our farm.

Mill Creek Compact Mulcher #304 We don't use row mulchers but some other berry farms are very happy with the small version. "I recommend getting the hydraulic version rather than the PTO as it's way easier to connect/disconnect hydraulic hoses than a PTO especially if you only have 1 tractor for loading and pulling the mulcher. Also, depending on your topography, I would be highly cautious of going with a larger capacity model as it doesn't take much weight to start pushing your tractor in a way you may not want to go if it's wet. On our farm I will really only go "up and down" our hills and rarely across the grade as I worry about it being top heavy. The hitch is a pivot hitch so if the mulcher does roll it won't take your tractor with it as well. I haven't used it in our vineyard due to the way the trellis is set up along the grade of the hill, but we use it in our flower beds and it saves a ton of time and compost as it does a good job of evenly spreading. Cost with delivery when we got it was about $16K. It comes on a 5th wheel trailer that you can back onto, connect, and drive off with the mulcher for unloading purposes. Running Hills Farm"
Another grower says, "It worked wonderfully for chopped up wood chips like the small square pieces, two or 3 inches across, but when we used shredded wood chips, that were 6 inches or longer, they jammed in the shoot, and I often had to go back there and unclog them. The other issue was that my front end loader didn’t quite reach high enough to dump the chips in, so I made a ramp out of chips that got me up to the height for dumping. Stone Creek Farm, MN"