I don't know anything about the climate where Horsfields can be found in the wild but assume that they dig down below the frost line and also where its not likely to flood. In our country we have a lot of rain and the average garden will be water logged and nothing like the natural terrain where these torts are, Sandy's are protected by the gh but unless you have a well drained old fashioned garden with bushes that have been there for years the normal modern garden just wouldn't be suitable. The tort garden at our old house would have been ok, if I wanted to risk it, as the ground under many of the old bushes hadn't been disturbed for years and was always protected by the heavy foliage but I'd have still worried about the length they would have been down for. My old female would have dug down during september given the chance and if she didn't come out untill the following april that would have been around 7 months not something I'd have wanted to risk.
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