Rant against deer

[Trek420]

Sorry about the peaches

Yes, they are beautiful animals, graceful, powerful, awwwwww cute little fawn twins, powerful bucks with horns, each doe eyed beast an essential part of natures plan and the enviornment, delicious as grilled chops or roast but oooooooh so hard to garden around.

Where I grew up we had plenty of deer.

At first my parents tried to garden around them, find things they don't like, roses :: gulp ::: lemons with thorns :::: burp ::: quince that even people can't eat without tons of sugar :::urp::

Individual fences around plants or sections they gracefully leaped, they scoffed at mountain lion dung, they laughed at our dog...well, you would laugh at a Welsh Terrier too if you were a deer .... you name it we tried it.

When the hills above got brown and they were driven down the hill to get water they eat anything, when they hills above are green they eat your best plants.

Eventually a solution, 12 foot high redwood fence and gate and the garden flourished

And then what to do about gophers from below? ;-)

[Zen]

Deer do what deer do.
DOH!

[Wahine]

The deer ate my tomato plants, all of them.

They like to sleep in the mulch pile right outside of my front door.

I do like venison however.

[Zen]

Your're running a Sandals for deer. Fresh food, fine soft bed, whats not to like?

[Wahine]

Your're running a Sandals for deer. Fresh food, fine soft bed, whats not to like?

Next I'll be out there serving them drinks and giving them a massage.

[Zen]

Don't work too hard for them, notorious bad tippers

[Wahine]

they may not leave money but they do leave me a lot of what looks to be chocolate covered almonds.