Autumn is peak deer damage time in the garden
Autumn is peak deer damage season in
gardens across the U.S. Your neighborhood doe probably had a
couple of fawns this spring, and those three mouths are hungry.
I've fought deer in the garden for nearly a decade now, and I have to
admit that until this year they've won every battle. Give the
deer half a chance and they'll wipe out your garden in short
order. Last year, they ate our strawberries and sweet potatoes,
then moved on to swiss chard, and ate onions for dessert. We
barely had anything fresh from early autumn on.
But as our regular readers know, Mark saved the day with a homemade
deer deterrent that really works. He's been working on making a
version that everyone can copy out of cheap supplies, and I've been
working on a deer repellant
website to go along with it.
This week's lunchtime series skims over the highlights of what we've
learned, but feel free to head over to the other website for more
information.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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