OT: Veggies deer WONT eat?

[Guest guest]

sigh. Can't have much of a garden this year, Himself can't be bothered to

put up a fence. But I WANT to grow some stuff... Anyone have any idea what

dear WON'T eat... I'm thinkng garlic, onions, potatoes... Any ideas?

 

K

 

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Poor Kathleen! I truly, sincerely, feel for you.

Unfortunately there is NOTHING that prolific hungry deer won't eat.

Potato tops, they LOVE. Just because a plant is toxic for us doesn't mean

they can't handle it. If they are desperate enough they will pull up

onions and garlic and then spit them out. A friend of mine saw that happen.

 

There is a simple equation: no fence = no garden. Save your energy,

and use it to find some way to earn the money to have a solid fence

built by someone you can pay instead of nag.

Trust me on this, it took me about a decade of half-assed measures and

that all USED TO work before we built the present Fort Knox.

Garlic should have been planted last fall.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://kootenaygarden.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Your not going to like my answer -- From my experance even if they don't eat

something --they will pull it out of the gound! For example -- tulips -- they

don't like them, but they bit off the flower and spit them out. Unless its very

cold and they are very hungry, your underground ground crops i.e.

potatoes/onions won't be bothered too much.

 

Good luck with your garden

 

Rita

 

, Kathleen Petrides <Beadhussy wrote:

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> sigh. Can't have much of a garden this year, Himself can't be bothered to

> put up a fence. But I WANT to grow some stuff... Anyone have any idea what

> dear WON'T eat... I'm thinkng garlic, onions, potatoes... Any ideas?

>

> K

>

> --

> Kathleen Petrides

> Bead Hussy

> http://www.BeadHussy.com

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, I found out the hard way that they will destroy tulips. However, other

bulbs, Alliums, Daffodils, Narcissus, Grape Hiacynth . . . They completely

ignore.

 

They also love apple/cherry/ leaves/blossoms, so be sure to protect them.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

Marcia Elston wrote:

 

" Yes, I found out the hard way that they will destroy tulips. However, other

bulbs, Alliums, Daffodils, Narcissus, Grape Hiacynth . . . They completely

ignore. "

 

NOT! Mine have started to eat daffodil buds, grape hyacinths often get

nibbled too.

 

 

[Guest guest]

 

On Behalf Of Ieneke van Houten

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:11 AM

 

Re: Re: OT: Veggies deer WON " T eat?

 

Marcia Elston wrote:

 

" Yes, I found out the hard way that they will destroy tulips. However, other

bulbs, Alliums, Daffodils, Narcissus, Grape Hiacynth . . . They completely

ignore. "

 

NOT! Mine have started to eat daffodil buds, grape hyacinths often get

nibbled too.

 

 

Sorry, Ien . . . Must be those more rugged deer you have way up there in the

*real* wild. :-) I've not seen one daffodil or narcissus get nibbled, and

we planted over 500 last fall. Most are up and blooming, but some still

coming. The grape hyacinth isn't blooming yet . . . Let you know if it

survives another year. Do you have alliums? They aren't blooming yet this

year, but deer left them alone last year. Haven't seen the deer, but I know

they've been through. Tulips we missed when re-planting closer to the house

where they don't come as often were dessimated. I put a metal scuplture

that looks like a Native American out by the apple tree that they can get to

.. . . We'll see if it does anything. Really don't want to move the tree.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com

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