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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] deer was:shadegardens Digest - 17 Jan 1998

Hi All:

Milorganite has not worked for me.  I think the deer use it for relish
in this area.  They are a real scourge and have had a very deleterious
effect on the forest, preventing the re-growth of many tree species.
Cruel as it may seem, I would like to see a major "crash" in their
population to permit the natural vegetation (and our gardens) to
recover.  I think about 10 years would do it.  I'd vote for the
reintroduction of major natural predators here in the Catskills - fox
and coyotes just don't seem able to handle the job.  There is not a
plant on the "forbidden" list that deer have not either scarfed down or
a least ruined.  I have even had my daffodils sampled.  My area for
gardening is enclosed by an 8 to 10 foot fence and patrolled by a large
dog!  Are we besieged - you bet!.

Mark.  Woodstock,  NY z5, in the snow and ice.
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