I have a book for you to read. It's called Garden Bulbs for the South and is authored by Scott Ogden. Mr. Ogden lives in south Texas and though this book applies to all the southeast, it is particularly useful to Gulf Coast residents. In short, I have never had rodents bother daffodils (Not all will do well in the south. See the above book.), crinums, or zephyranthes (rain lilies). All of these will do well for you there in New Orleans and none need to be lifted from season to season. I suspect you are thinking of tulips. These must be refrigerated for 8 to 10 weeks in the fall before planting in late December or January each year. Even if you lift them, they will only rarely ever bloom again even one more year.

I wrote up the construction details for the seed-catcher, with photos and diagrams, on my blog, for any one that would like to build one. (See the link.) Here is a link that might be useful: construction details for seed-catchers

They're all getting so big and seem to like where they're planted. I didn't know Bressingham Blue got that big. Nice to see your kitty on duty and making sure that all is well with Paul's Glory.

We have some serious woodchucks. This isn't a big enough hole for the big boys rolling around my neighborhood, though there is a whole family of them taking up residence under my neighbor's shed. I really wish he'd try to put them out on the high road, because they are awfully bold about scooting under the fence and visiting my property. Luckily, my dogs keep them on their toes.