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Okay so I come home tonight and notice that the lovely tulips that were growing nicely and that I was sooo looking forward to are missing!!!! Upon closer inspection I notice that the Leaves have been mowed down almost to the dirt. And right next to the eaten leaves are the footprints of the perpetrators!!! Nice delicate cloven hooves 😡 The ***** DEER ate my tulips!!! 👿 I live in what would be considered inner city and Deer ate my garden! I was very close to crying 😥 then really mad then rushed around to check the other beds. They ate 2 out of 3. So now all the beds are covered in chicken wire (and look awful) but hopefully it will discourage repeat offenders. I was soo looking forward to my tulips, esspecially the blue and white ones. And the funny thing? the deer only ate the tulips. They left the poppies, daffodils, irises and bleeding heart alone. I don’t mind deer, but tulips are not in their natural diet. Well, here’s hoping they will be able to survive, even if I don’t get flowers this year! 😥 😥 😥
That really sux! I used to live up in the mountains and deer would always eat all of my dad’s flowers! We also had a problem with groundhogs, but my dad took care of them…!
I’m sorry! I’d be excited though only because I’ve never even seen a deer before. Well, not unless it was behind a nature preserve fence with pellets to feed it.
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Im sorry the deer ate your tulips. Kids are the perps over here. Adults plant and kids stomp and rip up. Its terrible.
My parents have had that problem for years – the deers, not tromping people. Instead of chicken wire, you can use that black plastic mesh. You can hardly see it and it’s just as effective as the rest, sometimes even more so ’cause the deer can’t see it and it scares them. Watch out for budding hostas too. They like the really tender stuff.
At my house, a stupid rabbit chomped on my crocus. We got the dog to chase it around, but if it comes back, golf club and rabbit stew, man!
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmI don’t know what to do about deer, but I know that putting some dog hair around your plants will keep rabbits away. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with deer. I know in Kitchener we have fox, deer and skunks. We don’t see the deer too often. My friends dogs (american bulldogs) have killed a few deer though.
My Grandparents delt with deer, wolves etc. (They used to live across the street from a nature reserve, that and they lived in the country) They had big problems with porcupines, and rats though.Oh look at this website http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h462deer-coping.html deer repellent plants. 🙂
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