My older peonies roots are popping out of the ground. Should they be covered with more soil?

Do you have soil that shifts a lot? Have the roots been in the ground for a really long time? Some herbaceous, mainly a few of the older lactifloras, seem to develop more of a woody crown on the root as they mature, I've had some of those more exposed over the years. I've found when it get to that point that stem numbers and flowers have slowly started to decrease so I dug them up, divided and got rid of the woody root part as no new storage roots or viable eyes grew on that part. I had 1 NOID that I loved, cheap bagged root from WalMart, that had to be divided every 5 years max because of that. Hope I still have that one, haven't noticed it blooming yet in AL so can't be sure as I never knew the correct name and didn't put a NOID tag on it.
I assume you're somewhere around a zone 5 in Connecticut? If so and you have viable looking roots exposed with eyes showing or not I'd put more soil over them for the winter. It'll insulate them better and keep moisture on them at least a bit while they're dormant. If you're not sure this advice is applicable please share some photos so we can get a better idea of the situation!

Thank you! I really did not know what to do.

I tend to add soil in the case of ground heaving or soil erosion. This time of year you can always dig up, (inevitably) divide and replant at proper depth, but that takes a lot more time and energy.

My roots from Solaris came last night! Only 2 ordered from them this year. Early glow is a monster! Fadeaway would have been impressive if it didn't arrive with EG

I'm going to plant Fadeaway tomorrow (hopefully) but EG may have to sit a while. It's going in a new bed at the side of the house where soil is really terrible. My husband has agreed to dig the holes for me (Neon is going there too once it arrives from A & D) but he is pretty sick. My kindergardener brought home a throat bug that she passed on. I'm just crossing my fingers that my other daughter and I don't get it too!

Awesome Hiyamakki! I hope your husband doesn't have strep throat. It is very serious and contagious.

Hopefully he will get well soon and help you plant everything.

Actually we were worried about strep. My 5 year old has the same symptoms as my husband and you know how kindergarden is, just an adorable cesspool! She went in for a strep test yesterday which was thankfully negative. The doctor was saying that it's probably just rhinovirus. Regular colds have been super aggressive since school started and they are seeing a lot of lung infections resulting from them.

I guess that we all think of strep when a child is sick like that. I hope they both are feeling better now!

Thank you LG! My daughter is back at school and feeling much better. My husband is still fighting through it but seems improved today.