Garden was completely massacred by deer last night.
I'm about to give up. Countless hours down the drain.
Mom and Bambi have been around. Someone nearby is giving housing and quarter to the enemy and then they go out for twilight raids.
All joking aside, this is a first. Cucumbers down to the nubs. Even the tomatoes were hit. I've never seen the tomatoes munched on.
I'm going to have to re-evaluate whether I want to do this or whether I want to invest in more barriers.
It's a squash for sure. Maybe a marrow?
Ranch garden in old corral has pumpkins, squash and MN midget cantaloupe.
Pictures of garden in town has tomatoes, sweet banana peppers, cucumbers, beets and MN midgets.
My wife was given some seeds she thought was a luffa, turns out they weren't, but what are they?
We had a great spring for Rhubarb, the rest of season has been not so great, no rain for a good month.
Our local farmers got a decent first cut, second cut is not looking great and third cut may happen at this rate.
In our 30+ years here I don't recall it every being this dry. We have mowed the lawn one time this year!
I feel your pain. I've lived in my home for over 35 years and it's in what is essentially an urban area near a subway station. There have been plenty of deer near me, esp. in a forested area 3/4 mile away, but they never ventured onto my street until late last summer. They devoured lots, but fortunately I had already harvested at least 3/4 of most crops. They couldn't reach my 12 tomato plants, because many years ago I had to completely enclose them with poles and netting to keep out birds and squirrels. Enclosures for tomato plants are now pretty common in the DC area, where the entire squirrel population learned about 25 years ago that tomatoes are yummy. I was away in late September & early October and my next-door neighbor took a photo of 5 deer hanging out inside my vegetable garden. They completely mowed down some plants including beans and swiss chard. I was surprised that they left peppers alone.Garden was completely massacred by deer last night.
I'm about to give up. Countless hours down the drain.
Mom and Bambi have been around. Someone nearby is giving housing and quarter to the enemy and then they go out for twilight raids.
All joking aside, this is a first. Cucumbers down to the nubs. Even the tomatoes were hit. I've never seen the tomatoes munched on.
I'm going to have to re-evaluate whether I want to do this or whether I want to invest in more barriers.
We finally decided to quit trying to keep our lawn green and now we are watering just enough to keep it alive. I don't think I've ever seen it this dry so early in the season.
Garden was completely massacred by deer last night.
I'm about to give up. Countless hours down the drain.
Mom and Bambi have been around. Someone nearby is giving housing and quarter to the enemy and then they go out for twilight raids.
All joking aside, this is a first. Cucumbers down to the nubs. Even the tomatoes were hit. I've never seen the tomatoes munched on.
I'm going to have to re-evaluate whether I want to do this or whether I want to invest in more barriers.
I double fence for deer and moose. The old corral is > than 5 feet and then 4 feet from the corral I put sheep fence with just a few T-post to hold it up. Deer can jump high, and they can jump far, but they can't do both. I have never had a problem when I double fence.I feel your pain also. Lots of deer in our neighborhood also, and without a 6-ft. fence all around, my garden would be destroyed in short order by deer. But the fence doesn't help keep chipmunks out, and they are now munching down my broccoli plants, one by one. Grrrrr!! They munched on my snow peas and snap peas, too. No good way to keep chipmunks out (they can climb), so I've been trapping them. But it's probably a losing battle, as for every one I trap, another one shows up to take its place. And then there are the woodchucks.........they have destroyed my garden in the past. I usually end up trapping 2-3 of them every year also, but so far this year, they haven't shown up. Gardening is full of challenges, for sure.......but I'm going to stick with it. The fresh produce that I do get is definitely worth the effort (and the battles!).
I double fence for deer and moose. The old corral is > than 5 feet and then 4 feet from the corral I put sheep fence with just a few T-post to hold it up. Deer can jump high, and they can jump far, but they can't do both. I have never had a problem when I double fence.
As for rabbits and other critters that would be a mission in imposable.
I did that too, it works.
If you wrap the outer fence with chicken wire 2' high you can pretty much keep the small critters out.
Just don't tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree.
Sorry.