Deer are the often gardener’s worst enemy, which is why they need to explore the 6 Easiest, Cheapest and Most Effective Deer Fencing Alternatives For your Garden. These creatures may look sweet and ...
A common saying among gardeners is “right plant, right place.” The same philosophy applies to protecting plants from deer: “right fence, right features.” The plant value, age, location, and ...
The most obvious issue is that the deer eat many of the plants that we would like to grow in our gardens and landscape. Among the plants that deer usually don’t eat are Texas mountain laurel, viburnum ...
Most of us who garden have a love-hate relationship with deer, affectionately referred to as the “hooved marauders” or some other term I can’t write here. Try as we might to keep them out of our ...
Nibbled day lilies, stomped out azaleas, a bitten-off plantain lily — gardeners know the signs of a visit from a deer. They can spell disaster for backyard plants. But there are things you can do to ...
If you plant it, they will come. They being deer, of course, the scourge of anyone who has ever had the audacity to invest in perennials for their yard. “Just one deer can eat up to 12 pounds worth of ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Northeast Ohio has some exquisite private and public gardens, and although the plants themselves have been wildly different, many have one element in common: a sturdy deer fence. A ...
Q: Deer are a big problem at our house. Everyone says that nothing really works to deter them except a fence. True? And if I have to get a fence, what can I get that isn’t super-expensive or ...
For some gardeners, the answer to keeping deer out of the garden is a fence. "I don't think you can have a garden in Duluth anymore without a fence," said Mary Helf, whose intricate gardens wow those ...
EAST TEXAS - A few weeks ago, I attempted to write about what plants were not attractive to white tailed deer. The idea was to provide a list of plants that deer wouldn’t find palatable. But some ...
While they may be cute to look at, deer are a major problem for many gardeners. Deer, along with rabbits and other vermin, are indiscriminate herbivores and will make short work of anything that looks ...