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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 4:53:24 PM
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Ok, "Look Who is Coming to Dinner"
The deer have found my tulips to their liking....I can only hope they will save a few for me! lol!
Ok, so if I can't have real Tulips guess I will settle for these...
I got the idea from a blog in Germany...cute huh! I made this pair for my neighbors across the road.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 5:26:10 PM
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oh no Grace!!! My problem is my goats. lol
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 6:45:45 PM
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well I have to re-cant my thoughts that it might be our "Der"...but I spotted some very small 'calling cards (poo)that I think might be bunny droppings... we have some little pygmy bunnies habitating near the fence.
Yep, Kpaints, I am thinking you are right......bunnies, cute lil bunnies....
lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
3019 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 5:52:56 PM
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Bunnies have done far more damage to my areas than deer. I have yet to be able to grow any beans. Breaks my heart, as they are such an easy crop. But bunnies get them as soon as they are a few inches high. We are enclosing the WHOLE garden..including the top, with deer netting.
I figure I have spent close to $500 for these raised beds & as of last year(I have had them going on 3 yrs).. I have only yielded a few tomatoes! Those are some expensive fruits!! But I still love it.
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 7:44:09 PM
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| I'm trying something I read as a deer deterant. Save the small leftover bars of bath soap and place them in the plants. They dont like the smell and the scent revives with the rain. Deodorant soap is what they said to use. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 9:47:00 PM
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my deer are so brazen they walk up to the front lawn, munch and stare at me as if
to say, "What are you looking at"....lol!
oh & I found out my retired elderly neighbor puts fed out for the deer, nothing like
inviting them over! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
697 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2010 : 12:55:07 PM
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My favorite thing that a deer ever ate was a plumeria plant. I had purchased it at the Pittsburgh home show and you had to plant it in a pot with soil and sand and then set it outside. It did fairly well, but then one day I looked out and one of the leaves had been chomped off. All my bulbs were eaten to the bases too!
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2010 : 2:03:44 PM
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Yup..I just found a few of my spring bulbs eaten this morning too. Those pesky deer! If they weren't so cute with their big eyes and long eyelashes, I'd..I'd..I'd....*holding up fist*
I seriously don't know why I'm even attempting to do a veggie garden. I still don't have a plan for keeping the deer away :(
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2010 : 10:52:33 AM
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oh bummer Emily, your poor Plumeria plant....you would think the Deer would be well mannered enough to not eat the plumeria....lol!
so true "LJ",,,those big brown eyes do make it hard to stay angry at them...lol!
I am (slowly) learning that anything I want to grow & NOT share w/the Deer I need to put deer netting over! lol!
Hmmm, maybe I should buy stock in Deer Netting, I just might get rich or at least re-coup my money for all the plants I have lost to the deer! haha!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2010 : 12:21:12 PM
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The only thing that ever solved that problem for me was really tall fences. Fortunately we fenced the whole parameter of the property with 6 ft. fencing when we had cows and neighbors that didn't watch their toddlers. I didn't want the liability of a kid getting stepped on by a friendly cow. Good luck with the deer issue. I have another neighbor that just runs hot wires around the garden space.
Blessings, Sheri
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