White Tail Deer Checking Out My Garden

@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

10 Feb 16

JudyEv - deer can jump a 10 foot high fence w/o a problem.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Feb 16

@sgbrown What about a 'very high' electric fence? Just joking - I'm sure it's not easy to deter them. Shiny, whizzy things hanging on the fence? Or do they just get used to all these sorts of things?

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@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

10 Feb 16

They are such beautiful creatures, @JudyEv I love seeing them as they pass through out place. We have put up an electric fence before and it didn't do any good. They just jump over it!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

10 Feb 16

The deer is cute, but they can be messy when they visit a garden.

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@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

10 Feb 16

Deer are so pretty and I love seeing them, but they can be very destructive to a garden. Last year they ate all my okra and black-eyed peas! This year we are going to try something different to keep them out of the garden.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

11 Feb 16

@sgbrown Have you tried those automatic sprinklers, or the ultrasonic repellent? The sprinklers work with the cats.

@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

11 Feb 16

@LadyDuck Deer don't mind rain or water, they aren't afraid of much.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215477)

• Chile

10 Feb 16

I always think that I´d love to see deer where I live, but they belong to the northern hemisphere (and the country, I guess). There are lots of parrot like birds here. They are a menace although they are beautiful.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215477)

• Chile

10 Feb 16

@sgbrown Wild animals are lovely, but I´d rather watch them from a distance. I have a couple of trees here that give lots of seeds. The parrots come, eat the seeds inside and guess who has to clean up the mess

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

10 Feb 16

I would love to see parrots in the wild. I guess we each have our different wild animals in our areas.

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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

10 Feb 16

Plant lavender and marigolds around the perimeter of the garden - deer hate the smell.

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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

11 Feb 16

@sgbrown It doesn't have to be a solid row- just enough so they can smell it.

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

10 Feb 16

@AbbyGreenhill Some has mentioned the marigolds. I will try to plant some around the edge of the garden and see what happens. That is going to be a lot of marigolds!

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95225)

• Marion, Ohio

10 Feb 16

They are pretty. I plant marigolds all over my garden. It helps keep the rabbits out also.

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

10 Feb 16

You have special guests in your garden. Friendly nature attracts more deer to your garden.

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

11 Feb 16

@sgbrown Did they like your vegetables ?

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

10 Feb 16

I love seeing the deer, but I am not to fond of them eating all my garden vegetables!

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