I get a lot of questions from gardeners about how to deal with deer. These four-legged pests can present us with huge challenges because they cause a lot of damage and they can be unpredictable. I’m ...
Investing your time and effort into a home garden or a well-manicured lawn and landscaping can be well worth it. However, it can also feel disheartening when wildlife, such as deer, undo all your hard ...
Deer are such graceful creatures. They provide enjoyment for wildlife enthusiasts and sport for hunters. And they are herbivores, meaning they feed on leaves and plants, including the most expensive ...
It's easy to underestimate how high you should make a fence to keep deer out of the garden. Here's what you should know to design an effective barrier.
Deer are the often gardener’s worst enemy, which is why they need to explore the 6 Easiest, Cheapest and Most Effective Deer Fencing Alternatives For your Garden. These creatures may look sweet and ...
Determine whether you need a groundhog, rabbit, or deer fence and choose from woven, welded, or stock panel vegetable garden fencing to keep the animals at bay. Most gardeners eventually have heated ...
Nibbled day lilies, stomped out azaleas, a bitten off plantain lily — gardeners know the signs of a visit from a deer. They can spell disaster for backyard plants. But there are things you can do to ...
The most obvious issue is that the deer eat many of the plants that we would like to grow in our gardens and landscape. Among the plants that deer usually don’t eat are Texas mountain laurel, viburnum ...
Sally and George Peterson are DIY gardeners who have transformed a rough hillside with a lake view into a tree-laden landscape with organic vegetables and herbs growing in raised planter beds and a ...
If you plant it, they will come. They being deer, of course, the scourge of anyone who has ever had the audacity to invest in perennials for their yard. “Just one deer can eat up to 12 pounds worth of ...
Last year was a good one for deer in the West. They multiplied, and this year, they gave birth to a bumper crop of babies, which has meant fawns everywhere. Sadly, not so adorable as the summer has ...