Re: hot pepper flakes?

**E*@aol.com**

I am a huge animal lover and spent part of my time this  winter digging 
thru the 4 ft of Feb. snow to actually feed three deer, one of  whom was 
injured. I think this later might be a little over the edge. I find  that the 
homemade remedies work for a while but they are messy, smelly and don't  last as 
long as the stuff you buy like Hot Pepper Wax, Liquid Fence and the  like. 
I do a tank mix of Hot Pepper Wax and Liquid Fence and find that it not  
give a odor deterrent but a taste deterrent as well, especially with the young  
fawns. Soap loses its fragrance and to be honest who wants soap ornaments  
hanging in their landscape? I also find that most home concoctions require  
application more frequently than commercial brands.  
  You have to remember that the deer population will  differ in food 
preferences from area to area because of learned behavior and the  varietal 
differences. Like I say, "Deer are like people, some like Italian and  some like 
Chinese."
denise

In a message dated 8/25/2010 3:55:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
colleenplimpton@yahoo.com writes:

A reader  recently went up one side of me and down the other over a  
recommendation in my column concerning use of hot pepper flakes to deter  
critters. I can't find much on adverse aspects of such use.  Am I missing 
something?

Colleen

Colleen Plimpton  
Author:  Mentors in the Garden of Life
Garden Columnist for  Danbury  (CT) News-Times
www.colleenplimpton.com
www.colleenplimpton.blogspot.com

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