"John Bachman" wrote in message
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First they got my blueberries, then they got my raspberries. Now they
are into the vegetable garden. I will not have to be concerned with
my tomato plants getting too tall, nor will I have too many peppers,
beans, butternut and cukes.

Any good remedies before the peaches and pears begin to ripen?

TIA

John

Everything but a deer fence or electric wire is an impermanant solution, or
incredibly expensive over time. Deer don't mind sprinklers at all and get
used to human or predator scent. Especially if there are tasty treats that
they want to snack on. The repellent products with eggs or other noxious
scents work similarly. In other words, temporarily. Deer products with a
bitter taste that rely on the plant incorporating them into itself for a
deterrent effect will work fairly well until the deer population pressures
are too great during a famine year. They are also very, very, expensive
over the long term, wheras an electric wire is very very cheap. Deer will
eat bark off of trees and everything else if they are really hungry,
especially in winter months. You haven't seen deer damage until you go out
and all of your shrubs are gone above the snowline. My cousin in RI lost
every single rose one year down to the ground because of deer. SHe now has
the electric fence I suggested and couldn't be more happy with it. A one
time investment of between $50 to a couple of hundred dollars, depending on
if you already have a fence in place with which to use as a base for the
standoffs for the wire.