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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] deer and talk radio

On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Kdye1 wrote:

> I know a lot of people have deer problems.  Have you ever tried putting a
> radio in your yard set to a talk radio station?  I read this remedy in Fine
> Gardening last year and I am anxious to try it.  I plan to run an old radio
> out in the middle of my garden and put it in a mailbox (so it won't get wet)
> and turn it on.  What does anyone think of this idea (I know it sounds wacko,
> but if it works it will sound simple and ingenious), has anyone tried it?

Haven't tried it... but two things come to mind:

1) please, please put the radio on a GFI outlet, so you don't get fried if
something happens to the cord (if hubby the engineer were up yet, I'd ask
him if it would be possible just to put the speaker out in the yard, on a
very long wire from the radio -- the voltage and current to just the
speaker would be much lower)

2) most animals can get used to just about anything constant/consistent
in their environment.  It might be more effective to use motion detectors
that would turn on the radio, rather than leaving it running all the time.

Of course, I haven't seen anything that will really scare off a truly
hungry deer.  But this is certainly worth a try if your area isn't under
really high deer predation pressure.

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8
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