On Jul 27, 10:23�pm, Phisherman wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:00:35 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:





On Jul 27, 7:08?pm, Phisherman wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:53:51 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

(paghat) wrote:

We would like to live further in the country with more land.
to at least move the rhody
collection and whatever ferns and perennials aren't easily replaced..

If you move to a *real* rural woodland setting you won't need to
landscape, you'll have the real deal... any parking out will look
absolutely fake. ?And unless you first build a sturdy fenced area most
any plant you bring will be devoured by deer (and rabbits).

I live in the middle of the city and deer have destroyed over 50% of
what I planted. ?The deer killed the neighbors fruit trees by peeling
off the bark. ? I either use the electric fence or cover the plant
with chicken wire. ?In my case it doesn't look like there is any
difference living in the city or country.

In which city do you live that there's a deer population. �I doubt
there are deer in most populous cities (to survive deer need many
acres of forest and meadow to browse), sounds more like the outskirts
of a small rural town/village.

Oak Ridge, TN, pop. 28,000. �On average one car and one deer collide
daily in our town. � We have "mule deer," the ones with the huge ears.
Some will get within a few feet of a human and they have been known to
charge if provoked. �Hunting season is too short and not enough people
are eating deer for Thanksgiving.

I seriously doubt those deer are wandering about the downtown portion
of your town... I live within a town of only 3,500, but I'm located
almost four miles from the town center, there are plenty of deer where
I live and technically I live in town but one would never know it.
Very occasionally deer will wander within a quarter mile of the
downtown center... and even in the yards of the village homes the
rabbits will wreak havoc on shrubs, perennials, annuals, and vegetable
gardens unless well fenced. When I moved here I brought many of the
plants I had growing in my surburban yard, Within a a week of
planting them here every one was eaten roots and all... I had a nice
hosta collection I brought, deer and rabbits love hosta salad... the
only evergreen they don't seem to eat is spruce, they just love
juniper. I learned the hard way, within a few days those critters ate
all my original landscape plantings. Now unless I'm willing to fence
it I don't plant it.

Yesterday, a typical afternoon scene in my yard:
http://i34.tinypic.com/ngpuab.jpg

Plant it and they will come, don't fence it and they will eat it:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2cmm1aa.jpg