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Deer in my garden
Roy Bennellick
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have a problem with deer, during the night and some times during daylight, about 20 of them will come down my road from the local wood.
My front garden is the problem, bedding plants, they will eat or pull them up, which costs not only myself but neighbours, a lot of money.
I have tried crushed mothballs/coffee grounds, but no success. What I would like to know is what bedding plants do deer hate, and therefore not eat?
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I'm not sure there's any bedding plant they wouldn't eat. You may have to try planting something else more robust instead, and even then, it's still tricky.
It's very hard to keep deer out of any garden unless it's well fenced. There isn't much they won't have a go at I'm afraid.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They do say that peeing on your boundaries will keep deer away. Not sure how your neighbours would react
. Human hair on the fences is also reputed to work.
Alternatively plant things that are poisonous - foxgloves and euphorbias, for example. I can't promise they won't eat them but it may deter them from a second go if they get a belly ache. Whatever you do don't try roses. They just love those flowers
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
muntjac eat euphorbias
In the sticks near Peterborough
Deer have given my sedum the "Chelsea chop" ..... trouble is it's now August not May
There is a project locally to reintroduce Eurasian lynx forest cats to control the rising numbers of muntjac .... and there's considerable support so it just could happen!
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A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I did say 'no promises'
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
In the sticks near Peterborough