Re: Deer Deterrent....

Hi Dave,

Where do you live?


Char Holte, New Berlin, WI (Near Milwaukee)
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From: <DFerguson@cabq.gov>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] Deer Deterrent....


> I've found that deer think fresh garlic is quite tasty, at least the
> leaves!  They haven't bothered some of the other types of Onions yet
though
> (but the Gophers like most of those).  I haven't found any smell that
keeps
> deer away.  The garlic/ chives/ onions sure don't do anything to keep them
> away.   They even ate Plum foliage that had Cygon freshly sprayed on it (I
> think they were really hungry).  Didn't notice any missing deer, so I hope
> the Cygon didn't hurt any of them (that was two years ago).  I can dump
the
> cat box all around the fence line, and they pay no attention to that at
all
> either.  The rabbits ignore it too.  The coyotes think it smells great
(but
> the coyotes don't seem to be getting rid of the rabbits either).
>
> Well, back to deer.
>
> I've taken to tying white strips of cloth on the fence.  They flop around
> in the wind (the wind is always blowing some here, especially in the
> evening when the deer tend to come around), and the deer won't go near
> them.  So far, 6 months of working good.  However, it's ugly, at least I
> think so; so, if you have close neighbors they might complain.  Makes a
lot
> of noise when the wind is really kicking up.  I live 20 miles from town,
> the nearest neighbor is nearly a mile away, and the fence is around 50
> yards or more from the house (so it's tolerable).
>
>
> Dave
>
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