Deer repellent
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  • Subject: Deer repellent
  • From: C* M* <C*@aol.com>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:46:41 -0600
Auralie, the only product I have found to keep the deer at bay is
Bobbex. We have deer in the garden every day. In the summer I add the
scare crow at night which I move around. Bobbex does not need to be
reapplied after rain.

Ceres (Carolyn)

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> On Feb 23, 2014, at 3:11 PM, aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I have struggled with deer for years, and have had off-and-on success with
> several approaches.  As for planting things they don't eat -that's all well
> and
> good except that there always comes a year when they eat everything they
> never touched before.  Four years ago they ate my Ruta graveolens (Rue) and
> Artemisia plants, which they had never eaten before.  The only thing that I
> grow that they only nibble is the perennial yellow foxglove, Digitalis
> ambigua,
> which grows like a weed in my yard, but I love it.
> 
> However, for the past three years I have had almost total success by spraying
> almost weekly with Liquid Fence, which is essentially coyote urine.  It's a
> nuisance, and also expensive, but so far it has worked for me.  But then when
> we used to spray with a mixture of raw eggs and pepper sauce, it worked for
> a while, but then one day we saw them licking it off the treetrunk where it
> had
> been sprayed,
> 
> Good luck with whatever you try.
> 
> Auralie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> That is part of the problem Bonnie. The HOA says only metal open bar
> ence no taller than 4 feet. We have a natural cliff in the back down to
> pond. it would be a 10' jump to get in so I think we could keep them
> ut there but not at sides of house.
> I'm trying to only plant things they don't like for now.
> 
> atricia Dickson
> 22 Olympic Drive
> ockport, Tx 78382
> 80-302-0042
> dickson53@gmail.com
>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:39 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Dickson <pdickson53@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 19, 2014 10:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Texas Magazine article
> 
> 
> That is part of the problem Bonnie. The HOA says only metal open bar
> ence no taller than 4 feet. We have a natural cliff in the back down to
> pond. it would be a 10' jump to get in so I think we could keep them
> ut there but not at sides of house.
> I'm trying to only plant things they don't like for now.
> 
> atricia Dickson
> 22 Olympic Drive
> ockport, Tx 78382
> 80-302-0042
> dickson53@gmail.com
>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:39 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 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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