Gardening

The deer ate everything completely but the chives. I knew that there were deer in the area but I didn't think they would be partial to strong tasting plants but they loved them to nubbins.

The next year I did a square foot garden with poles and deer nets. Late in the season one jumped in the middle and helped himself anyway and opened up the net on the way out. The next year had higher poles and the neighbors groundhog decided to move to my garden. At that point I gave up cause I couldn't be there daily and it was a lot of work just to feed the wildlife and evidently the word had spread because I heard a moose was seen a few miles north of there.

They did share a little of the garden with us all three years and we enjoyed what we got.

An apple orchard here had petitioned to put in 12 foot fences because the deer were clearing the 10 foot fences, pole vaulting? They would actually pull the chain link off and let the deer eat the windfalls after harvest but the deer were not good at waiting. Smelled wonderful there. They also did pumpkins.