Yes, I bed and cover with peat. I make my bed the same size as my Northwoods 1.75's and about 3"-4" deep then I pound two indentations in for the levers. I put my stakes (double stakes now that I catch about one yote a season LOL) in the bottom of the hole.

I throw in handful of pre-sifted peat and wiggle the trap in. The levers and jaws are supported on the edges of the bed and some part of the frame sits on the stake heads. It's hard to describe but the trap gets rock solid. There is only a thin layer of peat under the levers and between the jaws and damp ground to keep the steel from freezing fast.

I set the night-latch then throw a few more handfuls of peat over the trap, 3/4"-1" maybe. I brush it out level and make a dip right over the pan (invites them to step there when sniffing or looking down the dirt-hole).

These are red fox sets and they seem to like the eye appeal of the different colored peat, I never blend them.

I never had much trouble with wind blowing the peat off the traps. It happens occasionally and I just throw another handful on and brush it out.

The peat will take a lot of rain before it soaks it up. Even when the top gets soaked and freezes I can just flip that frozen peat-pancake off and put a little more on. Conditions have to be pretty bad before the traps start to freeze down. It happens but not often.