Hello GPODers!

At present we’ve received a brief story that could be a story as outdated as time, or as outdated as gardeners have been planting flowers to be loved fairly than munched on by curious neighbors. Kathryn ‘Equipment’ Jensen has shared her backyard a few instances up to now (Try these submissions right here: Bulbs in Northeastern Ohio and Discovering Solace in Equipment’s Backyard), and as we speak she’s sharing a really relatable run-in with a cute however damaging backyard company.

I dwell in an older suburb of the metro Cleveland space—South Euclid. We’re blessed with metropolis parks, a bit of the Metroparks, and creeks. The draw back is the deer. Town, like others, is experimenting with deer sterilization.

Beneath is doe #45, named after her tag. Now, three sides of my yard are fenced however sometimes deer will wander up the driveway.

This turned the favourite spot for #45, below the redbud timber, subsequent to Solomon’s Seal, and white anemones, tucked behind a curve of perennial chrysanthemums, zinnias, alyssum, a tree hydrangea, verbena bonariensis, purple lovegrass, and “pearl”, a yarrow. Idyllic! There she was on a September morning. After persuasion, deer #45 left.

However…right here is #45 again once more on the second morning, and after spraying. The rope within the background is a clothesline I used to discourage deer from munching on the oakleaf hydrangeas alongside the fence over winter. That works.

The third image is my resolution—backyard chairs and flower stakes sticking up within the mattress between the chairs.

To date, so good. Have others discovered ingenious methods to stop deer from shifting in on gardens?

We’re fortunate to have a a fairly respectable sized fence that retains deer from snaking on our crops, however we haven’t been so fortunate with the groundhogs. We’ve tried nearly each deterrent and used each materials potential to dam holes and potential entry factors, however they’ve the desire and discover a manner. Whether or not its deer or a special sort of backyard pest, let Equipment and I do know within the feedback the way you deal!

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