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Deer despair
Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?
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"Holly" wrote in message om... Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing? A friend of mine swears by Irish Spring bar soap, grated like parmesan cheese and hung around the garden in cloth bags, or knee-hi stockings. Since the deer were bold enough to munch the flowers off my mums a few weeks back, I'll be hanging the soap around the entire property line. If it gets them to stand still long enough, I plan on beating them to death with a baseball bat. :-) |
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Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than
fencing? BRBR A steady eye and a taste for venison? zemedelec |
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"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing? BRBR A steady eye and a taste for venison? zemedelec Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2 months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden. :-) Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison? |
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Holly wrote:
Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing? You need an attack squirrel: http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link) Best regards, Bob |
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Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2 months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden. :-) Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison? My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most hardware stores sell them...Hope i could help you |
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zxcvbob expounded:
You need an attack squirrel: http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link) Yowsa! That's one territorial squirrel! G -- Ann, Gardening in zone 6a Just south of Boston, MA ******************************** |
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:35:13 GMT, Phisherman wrote:
On 27 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800, (Holly) wrote: Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing? I heard that "Deer Off" works and remains on the plant for 3 months. I don't have proof of this claim. To be effective most sprays need to be reapplied after a rain. Hmm. Presumably this would be for plants that kept all their foliage in a steady state for 3 months at at time? |
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:51:58 GMT, Frogleg wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:35:13 GMT, Phisherman wrote: On 27 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800, (Holly) wrote: Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing? I heard that "Deer Off" works and remains on the plant for 3 months. I don't have proof of this claim. To be effective most sprays need to be reapplied after a rain. Hmm. Presumably this would be for plants that kept all their foliage in a steady state for 3 months at at time? My experience with deer (far more extensive than I want) is that they eat not only foliage but also those tender buds waiting for Spring to arrive. John |
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"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2 months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden. :-) Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison? My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most hardware stores sell them...Hope i could help you Actually, I may put one of those near the corner of my property where some of the neighborhood slobs let their dogs crap. When it's 34 degrees, I suspect a nice cold shower will be very educational. |
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"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ...
My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most hardware stores sell them... Might work in areas that don't freeze at night. Probably the baseball bat or the trusty old thirty-ought-six offer more permanent solutions. G |
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"Gary" wrote in message om... "Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most hardware stores sell them... Might work in areas that don't freeze at night. Probably the baseball bat or the trusty old thirty-ought-six offer more permanent solutions. G The .30 cal sounds great, but some of us live in what's known as "neighborhoods". :-) The cops get annoyed if we want to shoot things outside the house. Now, this raises a question. Since an intruder INSIDE the house may be legally dispatched, how does one get a deer to come in the house? What's their version of Fritos? |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message om... "Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... The .30 cal sounds great, but some of us live in what's known as "neighborhoods". :-) The cops get annoyed if we want to shoot things outside the house. Now, this raises a question. Since an intruder INSIDE the house may be legally dispatched, how does one get a deer to come in the house? What's their version of Fritos? Be careful for what you wish. You really don't want a deer in your house. Neighbors had a relatively small buck jump through a plate glass window into their living room. Before it was subdued and ousted by the local volunteer fire department, it wrecked the entire room. The people didn't even coax it into the area with shelled corn, which is a common enticement that local idiots feed so they can view the "beasts" close up. John |
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how did you manage to open it? I can't seem to unzip it......
maddie "Ann" wrote in message ... zxcvbob expounded: You need an attack squirrel: http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link) Yowsa! That's one territorial squirrel! G -- Ann, Gardening in zone 6a Just south of Boston, MA ******************************** |
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