enigma wrote:
keep deer from nibbling on tree bark/branches?
�we've done logging in the llamas winter pasture & removed all
the pine.
�we had a good bit of the branches left for the llamas & goats
to browse, but, of course, they've suddenly discovered there
are sugar maples in the pasture (which they never bothered in
the 5 years i've winter pastured them there). i seem to recall
something that tastes nasty that could be sprayed or painted
on the trees. am i imagining things or is there such a thing?
�i can put mesh fencing around the trunks, but that won't keep
them from eating the branches.

If course you can, with larger trees use turkey wire and simply set at
a large enough diameter that the deer can't reach the lower
branches... I have quite a few trees where I've done exactly that...
just make a ring of the turkey wire around the tree and stake to the
ground in a few spots. If you need to mow around the trees hammer
four 4' metal posts in and use chicken wire set about a foot off the
ground so a push mower will fit under (chicken wire works fine too).
Since putting up these fences I've had no deer nibbling my trees.
I've tried spraying all sorts of deer repelant, none do anything
except necessitate my needing a long hot shower each time with plenty
of scrubbing to remove the stench, and a lot of extra laundry. Turkey
wire, chicken wire, and metal posts are cheap (much less expensive
than deer repelant), and easily removed and reused (can't reuse deer
repelant).

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