"James" wrote in message
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Joseph A. Zupko wrote:
Here at the community garden the veggie plants are being eaten by deer
and
ground hogs. The only ting that is going well are beans and corn. They
are
eating everything squash, tomato , peppers etc.Hoe do farmers tolerate
this?
They must lose tons of plants. Do they have some kind of defense
mechanism
besides a gun?

Some states allow deer hunting on farmland all year round.

While a bunch of deers can eat a whole community garden, they only eat
a small amount in a large farm. Also deers are easily seen when you
have acres of land with woods to hide in.


Some of us lock the pets up at night and accidently leave a pool or two of
anti-freeze out in the fields. Really hot powdered red pepper sprinkled
around the perimiter, or all throughout it, of a small garden usually does
the trick there.

Plus, the tried and true farmers law, plant 3 of everything, one for the
birds and critters, one for disease and one for yourself.


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J.C.