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Re: deer repellent, etc

nonayobusiness wrote:
> 
> -- [ From: nonayobusiness * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
> 
> In our old house we had a few apple  trees, and  every morning, 7 deer
> would march by  them,  to the left, and stop and eat  all the buds off.  In
> the evening,  the same 7 would march by to the right,  and take a few  more
> bites.  They would even stand up  on their hind legs  to get the upper
> buds. Even  yelling  or throwing  stuff at them would not stop  them.   I
> was  told to get small  bars of Dial Soap,  and, leaving the wrapper  on,
> drill  a hole through each bar, and insert  a piece of wire to hang it
> from a branch. We put lots of these on the trees, plus stocking bags of
> human and dog  hair, and those deer did not care  one bit.   They  wouldn't
> even move until we were  right on top of them practically!  Finally, I gave
> up and let them eat whatever  they wanted, because even if they missed
> some buds and we got some apples, these consarned squirrels would  show up
> right before we were about to pick them,  and strip all the trees bare.
> 
> I'm very VERY sad to hear that Mike McGrath is no longer going to be the
> Editor in Chief at Organic Gardening. Does anybody know who is going to try
> and fill his shoes?
> Today I picked all of  my jalapenos, which did eventually turn red.  I will
> hang all the red ones with thread from the dining 'room chandelier, to dry,
> and the green ones I will put in the  blender with oil and freeze in  Ice
> cube trays.
> 
> I know this is off topic,  but can anybody tell me what I should do with a
> cutting of a blue hydrangea that  I started and I guess it took  because
> the leaves (I cut off  2/3 of each) are still turgid.   But there has been
> no new leaf growth.  It is in a pot, and  I'm not sure if I should take it
> out & plant it, or should I sink it in the pot into the ground and put lots
> of pine  needles on it, or what?
> 
> This is the first year I grew those giant cool sunflowers that give the
> seeds, and they were  just great. We  got plenty for ourselves, and we put
> a lot out for the birds to eat.  I'll be planting them again next year.  I
> also plan to try  Jingle Bells Peppers, because I only hear good things
> about them.
> 
>                 -Lauren B Z6


Lauren;
 I used Ivory soap without the paper and the deer stopped eating my
apple and pear trees.

Lynda Z
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