General Discussion & Chat: Our &%$@^$ deer, 1 by gardengym

gardengym wrote:
Hi All

Got up early yesterday morning, and as the sun came up, walked down to my hosta garden.

)(*#^ bambi had once again visited the plot.

Here on the mountain, we have a real deer problem.

The critters breed like rabbits, one herd camps at the bottom of my property. Last fall, the one hunter I let bag a deer said he saw eight one morning.

This isn’t the first time. Just two weeks ago I saw hoof prints around the green (bush) beans and the deer had sheared off the tops of all the plants in one row, so evenly it was like I mowed them with my lawn-mower set on the highest setting.

Anyway, I called my garden-lady friend (she and her husband own a hardware/garden center.) She said that deer were a terrible problem in our county again this year and suggested some preventive measures.

I purchased surveyor’s tape, an $11.00 pint bottle of ferti-lome “Rabbit and Deer Repellent” (mixed some and sprayed), more Ivory soap, and a bottle of baby powder.

Yesterday evening, after a full day’s gardening, DW and I built two more scare-crows (scare-deer?) and doused them with cheap perfume.

The garden smells like our daughters bathroom before a Saturday night date.

But, the deer didn’t visit last night.

BTW, pictures are at the bottom of the page here http://www.gardengym.com/pictures.htm