Re: Texas Magazine article
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  • Subject: Re: Texas Magazine article
  • From: P* D* <p*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:24:39 -0600
Thank you Cathy! That is encouraging!


Patricia Dickson
422 Olympic Drive
Rockport, Tx 78382
580-302-0042
pdickson53@gmail.com

On Feb 20, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net> wrote:

> All I can say is that my little vegetable garden has been surrounded
by a 4 ft chain link fence for the past 16+ years, and I have never had
Bambi invade it. I have had deer munch their way through the perennial
beds next to it, which are not fenced.

> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> 
> On Feb 20, 2014, at 6:39 PM, James Singer wrote:
> 
>> That's interesting, Cathy. So, if one turned one's yard into a maze of hedges
>> and fences, one might foil Bambi? It's an interesting idea.
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Catharine Carpenter wrote:
>> 
>>> Not if you have a small plot. Deer will not jump into a place they think
>> they cannot get out of. My vegetable garden - 17x8 feet - has a 4 ft fence
>> around it. Have never had deer damage there, even though the perennial beds
>> next to it have had definite predation, and there is a definite deer path
>> through the back of my yard.
>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:39 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Will have to be a high fence as they can really leap.
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> 
>>>> From: "Patricia Dickson" <pdickson53@gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:14:11 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Texas Magazine article
>>>> 
>>>> I have planted dwarf yaupons, sago palms, varigated ginger, foxtail
>>>> ferns and plumbago. I want to plant lots of rosemary and lavender. They
>>>> talked about split leaf philodendron being a great plant for here that
>>>> the deer dont bother. We have a lot of live oak trees so there is more
>>>> shade and partial shade. I have 3 hibiscus and a meyer lemon tree that I
>>>> have in pots. I have to roll them in and out of the garage right now.
>>>> Even if I leave them on the back porch the deer will get brave enough to
>>>> come defoliate them every once in a while. I really need to give them to
>>>> someone that has a fenced in area.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> supposedly they don't like rosemary or lavender. but I don't have any
>> here
>>>>> to test it out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Patricia Dickson
>> <pdickson53@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I love Downton Abby too.
>>>>>> I have the digital addition for the Texas Gardner magazine and sometimes
>>>>>> forget to check it out but this month they sent me a reminder. Suzanne
>>>>>> Labry is my step sister and never brags ( or tells me when she has
>>>>>> written an article) but they are all great.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now that we live in Rockport, Tx we have so many deer that I am not sure
>>>>>> how much gardening I am going to be able to do. The previous owner told
>>>>>> me that they had the yard professionally landscaped 2 times and both
>>>>>> times the deer ate everything. I went to talk at the Extension center
>>>>>> yesterday and the Master Gardners here are very good at getting good
>>>>>> information out about how to plant things the deer won t eat, but with
>>>>>> the drought they still might eat it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So much to learn and plants to find.
>>>>>> Tricia
>>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> have the magazine - haven't read it yet - definitely will this weekend,
>>>>>> now
>>>>>>> that I've got my Downton Abbey fix - LOL
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Patricia Dickson <pdickson53@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I just read a great article on Key hole gardening, by Suzanne Labry in
>>>>>>>> the Texas Gardener. Have any of you heard about it? It sounds
>> wonderful.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Tricia Dickson
>>>>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Catharine Carpenter
>> <cathycrc@comcast.net>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Things melting here, but with the ground still frozen, expect
>> flooding
>>>>>>>> sooner or later. Sounds like winter isn't finished with us yet,
>> either.
>>>>>>>> The bulbs I planted this fall are probably mush. Oh well.....
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry to bother you with this but i had a sudden trip out of the
>>>>>>>>>>> country
>>>>>>>>>>> to Greece. Am here to see my ill cousin she is suffering from
>> Kidney
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It looks like Auralie's email was hacked -- don't answer this email
>>>>>>>>>> and send money. :)
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> In gardening news, how is everyone holding up with the cold and
>> snow?
>>>>>>>>>> We're finally getting a few days of warmth that might actually melt
>>>>>>>>>> the snow here. I'm hoping.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Chris
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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>>>> zone 8A
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>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>> zone 8A
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