How to Control Deer in Your Garden
Marilyn Pokorney

Deer are the most difficult of all pests to deter from a garden.
They love many different plants. Flowers, vegetables, trees and
shrubs are all on their menu.

The best way to keep deer out of a garden is by using a fence
that is at least 6 feet high. If it's a small garden that may be
feasible but for large gardens or yards, the cost is prohibitive,
or possibly not practical.

So the only other choice is deterrents.

Deer don't like the smell of raw eggs, fish products, kelp, or
ammonia. Any spray made from these products can be used. Just mix
the product of choice in water and spray the plants to be
protected.

Deer don't like the smell of soap either. Some gardeners have
especially found success with Dial and Zest brands.

Blood meal scattered around the garden is another good deterrent.

Since deer don't like capsaicin, the ingredient that makes
peppers hot, a spray made from chili peppers deters deer.

Hang fragrant fabric-softener strips, and small nylon bags filled
with human hair on trees around the garden.

Some gardeners have found success by laying chicken wire on the
ground about six feet wide around the perimeter of the garden.
The deer don't like to walk on it because their hooves get stuck
in the loops of the wire.

Try planting time-released garlic capsules at the bases of trees
or shrubs or in the rows of plants to be protected.

There is a wide variety of plants that deer won't eat. A list of
what they like and don't like can be obtained from your local
county cooperative extension office.

For even more deterrents visit
http://www.apluswriting.net/garden/yardiacdeercontrol.htm

Copyright © Marilyn Pokorney
About Marilyn: Marilyn Pokorney is a freelance writer of science,
nature, animals and the environment. She also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.


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