In article , dave says...

On 12 Jun 2003 11:57:25 -0700, elfa wrote:

Anyone have any simple ideas (other than putting a fence around each rose?

Is there some kind of spray?

I'm in Zone 9 (north of San Francisco) and we have deer, skunk, opossum, and
raccoon that come out at night. I don't mind any of them coming around (except
when I found a dead opossum at the bottom of the pool) ...it's just that the
deer are getting to my blooms before I do.

thanks

elfa

Some say that hanging bars of soap act as a deer deterrent. Maybe
spraying with Neem Oil would accomplish the same thing.

I spray with Neem oil every 2 weeks to keep blackspot down. So that doesn't
work.

You can always buy coyote urine - that supposedly does the trick as
well.

If you live in a windy climate, you might try some noisy wind chimes.

As a last resort, you might try putting a TV out there and playing
tapes of Three's Company.

Watch it there...I'm a big fan of that show.

My neighbor says she planted some kind of garlic to solve the problem but she
said the garlic evenually 'took over' her rose garden.

elfa