Re: Cult: For those of you w Deer Problems -Biggest Dog

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<<As long as I remember to put lace caps on the seed pods, we live in peaceful co-existence.  >>

The deer, in my rural area of south central Kentucky, are the white tail deer.  Quite lovely and graceful creatures.  Heavy hunting doesn't even begin to wipe them out. 

I might add that they have made vegetable gardening an adventure.  The first year I was here I had a rather large garden (for me).  They didn't discover the taste until late in the season so things went well.  This summer, just 3 years later, I was planting in pots and ringing them with large pots of irises so the deer couldn't reach them. 

Next spring my garden will be in pots on a raised deck.  Hoping the deer aren't related to giraffes!  <vbg> 

Soooo happy they don't like irises. 

<<this just might work.>>

My iris garden was planted right in the middle of the deer's normal path.  I still find new footprints on a regular basis.  The deer are relatively light footed and seem to know how to step around the soaker hoses and the bloom stalks.  As long as I remember to put lace caps on the seed pods, we live in peaceful co-existence. 

The neighbor dogs cause more damage than the deer.  Unfortunately, the dogs decided to dig a new route to China a couple of weeks ago.  Wouldn't you know it was in the middle of a seedling bed? 


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Smith <irisgrower@cableone.net>
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 2:19 pm
Subject: [iris-photos] Cult: For those of you w Deer Problems -Biggest Dog

You know this just might work.   Below: comment---  From one of our iris growers in area.     I'll take him, have lots of deer to eat !!       Linda in CW AZ

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