dear deer, please leave.
First it was the birds, who came for the feeders I put out. There was a blissful week of nature romance; hours spent watching them and identifying their colors in my Sibley.
Then came the squirrels, clued in by the birds, who brought the dream crashing to the ground and started me on my campaign to find the perfect baffle.
And now this gal and her friends.
She’s so pretty, and will probably reduce the sunflower bed I’m bound to have growing under the feeders come spring, but come on – I want to garden! Vegetables. Fruit. For me. Not deer salad bar!!
When I get back from Phili I’m buying a book on fencing. And figuring out how to get rid of the mice. ‘Cos yeah, they’re here too now.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I’m too far in town to get deer, but the others are familiar! …and bold!
February 10th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
o lord. mice. they are everywhere and tho there are no deer here, rabbits are no picnic either, you must have rabbits too!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Isn’t that what the kitties are for?
Why aren’t they mousing!!! Bad kitties!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
The cats are doing some sort of catch and release hunting. All the excitement without the gore.
Good lord – rabbits! I may have to open a petting zoo.
And I’m in town too, Barb. There’s a street light! They care not. Or it could be they’re just too desperate and hungry and avoiding the hunters on the mountain.
February 10th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
We have groundhogs, or woodchucks if you will. They adore our yard. We’ve unwittingly created their ideal habitat…lots of long grass, piles of wood and sticks, and idealistic homeowners who still plant luscious kale and lettuce EVERY YEAR! Yep, every year. But this year we’ve committed ourselves to onions and garlic only. Every year…
oh, and, I happen to think the white wisp of fur just above the groundhog’s nose is the cutest…
February 11th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I don’t recommend fencing with deer.
They’re quick on their feet and don’t use safety foils.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Rotten egg spray is effective in keeping deer off plants.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
The few small gentleman farmer vegetable gardens that I have seen succeed in the Catskills with lots of wildlife living in the woods near by have 8 foot high fences around them….which don’t seem to keep the bears out.
Did I tell you I saw a large black bear with a brown nose a mile from my house?? Thank God I was in the car. I just stopped to wait and let him pass. He was a big one!!
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/neweng/2002050522029643.html
February 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I haven’t “visited” for some time. That film your brother made is INCREDIBLE!!!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Have M save his haircuts in a bag… and sprinkle it around the perimeter of your garden in ever expanding areas.
The deer in Texas were warned off by the smell of people unless the were veeeeeery hungry.
This is not a perfect solution, but used with the others it will certainly help.
August 13th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
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