Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer gardening, deer proof gardening, deer resistant plants, deeroscaping on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Continuing with basics landscape design in deer areas, lets look at some other precautions we can take.
3. Determine the main entryway of deer and make it as discouraging as possible. Just as we talked about making the edges unfriendly, position plants that are poisonous to deer or at least plants on the rarely damaged list [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer proof garden, deer proof landscaping, deer repellent, deer resistant plants, homemade deer repellent on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Continuing with Deeroscaping, the practice of landscape design with deer resistance in mind, lets look at some of the deer deterrent design steps.
1. Choose deer resistant alternatives as much as possible. Categorize the plants you need by form, function,color, and size. There are several charts of rarely damaged plants to use to substitute plants of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer management, deer resistant landscaping, deer resistant plants, deeroscaping on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
OK,
you have read the list of deer damage signs and you have decided that you have deer problems. As we go forward talking about all the different deer management techniques and products available, let’s think about the big picture. What would you plant in your yard if deer were not an issue? Do you like [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer control, deer damage, deer garden, deer management on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
If you still aren’t sure about what is damaging your plants after the last blog, consider these other signs.
Vegetable Sampling - Deer like to sample vegetables. They will take bits out of vegetables like green tomatoes, pumpkins, and squash.
Deer Tracks - Deer leave deer tracks that distinctive hoof prints. The deer tracks are shaped like broken [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer damage, deer garden, identify deer damage on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Before we start talking about deer control, let’s make sure that the damage you are seeing is deer damage. There are a few things to look for when determining whether or not your damage is from deer. Lets start with two tell-tale-signs.
Torn Foliage and Twigs vs. Clean Cut - Deer have no front incisor teeth so [...]
Posted in General, Uncategorized, tagged deer control, deer fencing, deer repellent, deer repellent recipes, deer resistant plants, homemade deer repellent on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Welcome!!! If you are a gardener, someone that values their landscape plantings, a commercial grower, or just someone that wants to control deer in their environment, this blog is for you. If you want to learn more about deer repellents, deer resistant plants, deer damage, deer fencing, and everything deer, join us in deer control [...]
