"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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Bob S. wrote:
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Haven't tried it, but a local nursery here in Texas is passing these
out.

4 tablespoons ground cayene pepper
1 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup peeled garlic
1 cup clear ammonia
1 cup Murphy's oil soap
1 bar Ivory hand soap (optional)

Boil cayenne pepper in vinegar for a minute or two, then strain
through a coffee filter. In a blender, puree the garlic in 2 cups
water, then strain the mixture through another filter.

Combine the two filtered liquids with the ammonia and oil soap in a
3
gallon garden sprayer. Fill the sprayer to the maximum level with
water, and spray mixture around all areas you want to protect. For
extra stickiness, float the bar of Ivory soap in the sprayer.

For maximum effectiveness, reapply weekly as well as after rains. If
deer browsing is intense, spray more frequently.

From Fine Gardening, August 2001, Tips Department


Dave


Double ought buck in a twelve gauge works pretty well also, and you
don't have to worry about reapplying after a rain.

Bob S.


I wonder if a high-powered .177 pellet gun would keep them away
without
really doing any damage.

Bob

The pellet will go into the animal's flesh and stay there for life.
'tis kinder to just kill it and be done with it.

Of course, if you live in an area that frowns upon firearms, you can
always use a bow.

I use an electric fence. :-)


Ray