"William Wagner" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

I think I've been extraordinarily lucky to have only seen them once in
30+years. Now, deer are another story. My tomatoes are in cylindrical
cages.
everything outside the cages is nibbled. They eat all new leaf growth on
the
sweet potatoes, as well the cantelope vines. I discreetly tried to hire a
bow hunter friend as a hit man, but he's not into doing Sopranos-style
contract work.

I guess you folks know sweet potatoe leaves are edible. I think of
them as low growing malabar spinach.

Bill

Actually, I didn't know that. But, the deer do.