On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:32:57 -0500, Phaedrine Stonebridge
wrote:

Neighbors feed them which is totally stupid. Unafraid of
humans, they are in the yards constantly, grazing. Today I counted six
near the lower garden, just itching to eat some more of my raspberry
bushes. They have even come into our garage.

Our garden is *inside* our dogs' fenced area. Even though
the dogs sleep in the house at night, so far this has kept
the deer away. I think it's the dog smell which must
permeate the yard.

I have my fingers crossed that it continues....

I can remember when I lived in northern NJ and had four dogs
(three of them large). The deer would be calmly picking up
fallen apples from the ground, about six feet outside a
chain link fence - inside of which four dogs were barking
hysterically. Brazen deer!

So far, the deer here in rural northcentral PA don't seem to
be made from the same cloth as the brazen NJ deer. So far.

Pat

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"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry