You're too funny Dianne. There's nothing wrong with not watching a lot of TV, it means more time to play in the outside.
Mary, for peonies that I find buried too deeply, I gently remove the excess soil away from them, and try not to damage the pips. My soil tends to settle here after I've planted my peonies, to the point where I can't even see to tubers. I've had success with the plants blooming once the soil is removed to get the tubers more shallow, without having to replant them.
Last year I made it my mission to clean up around some of my older peonies that I've never seen bloom, and this year they have buds. I also found a peony in an area where I don't remember planting one. I'll have to see which one it is when it blooms.
