As long as they aren't crowded too much, as long as they have feed - which doesn't HAVE to all be top quality, as the purpose is as much to keep them occupied as to nourish them - then I wouldn't worry about it. If you can safely give them toys - heads of cabbage, branches to strip bark off, milk jugs with a few pebbles inside to toss around, etc., then you would add to the entertainment factor, but it's not necessary. If you want, and are really worried about them being bored, AND if you have the time and room, I am sure you can handle them, teach them tricks, to lead well, to tie, have their feet handled, to carry packs, etc.. If you opt for this, I would try to work with them individually, separated from the rest, as the other(s) will get in the way. Of course, if the snow is really deep, then you may not have the room for this, in which case, ignore it.

Ohsillyme, I checked lasagna bed on search engine. Yes, it is good idea. Thank you your good suggedtion. Anewgarden, I like idea of poppies in a container sitting on top of the tree stump. Last year, I planted multiple colored petunia plants in large planting continer and put on tree stump. Thank you for taking your time to reply. Andrey, I am from Japan and I live in city of Philadelphia, PA. Do you know most Japanese people who are raised and educated in Japan have difficulty of pronouncing letter L? Yes, still cannot pronounce L sound. Good luck with your teaching!

Pat, you are in Sunset zone 9, as well as USDA zone 9. Inkneedeep, you are in Sunset zone 18 or 19. This area is hilly to mountainous. Zone 18 is colder, either on a valley floor or up high. Zone 19, warmer, is on the lower slopes, cold temps slide off onto the valley floor, and you are low enough on the slope not to have colder weather d/t altitude. One way to tell is if there ever were citrus orchards by you. If there were, you are definitely zone 19. You two need to buy a sunset western gardening book, or at least check it out at your local library- this info is coming straight out of it ;-).

"Lowcountry represents Charleston/ Beaufort/ Summerville/ Hilton Head and surrounding areas. Between the Upcountry and Lowcountry you have the Midlands." That is exactly it, at least in its usage in SC. Why the coastal Georgetown/Myrtle Beach area is not usually called "Low Country" I'm not quite sure, but it usually is not. Myrtle Beach is too new to have an old colonial-era designation but Georgetown is plenty old enough. Big sprawling live oaks are probably the archetypical view of old-time low country.