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Category: Michele's Garden | Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:28 pm

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As I walked around my flower beds this morning to my SHOCK and HORROR I found that 6 out of 10 hostas have been partially to completely EATEN over night! And the culprits left HOOF PRINTS! I have never had an invasion of deer like this. From the number of hoof prints and the different sizes it looks to be a mom and her baby. Well I have spread nasty tasting powder all over the rest of the flowers in the perennial beds and have shaved a bar of soap all over the place. A friend told me that you can shave Irish Spring soap and the smell keeps deer away. the next step will be setting traps and catching some DINNER!

Here are the pictures of the destruction:









Hoof Prints of the Culprits:





Not all was a HORRIBLE SHOCK this morning...the lovely fuschia peony that I took a photo of yesterday is even more full today and SO GORGEOUS. Her name shall be Princess Elizabeth.



I hope everyone had a better day then I did in your gardens. Have a wonderful night.


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Droopy wrote on Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:52 pm:

Oh, no, your lovely plants! How awful. Mother has roe deer grazing away at her spring blooms. She's tried human hair, dog hair, soap, blood meal, CD-s in a tree, white cardboard circles nailed to poles and I can't remember what else now. It all helps, but only for a while. I hope they will go graze somewhere else. If not, enjoy your dinner.

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gardenmama wrote on Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:08 pm:

Well I do love good venison.....I hope that the nasty tasting stuff I put in the plants will help..and hopefully they only like the hosta and won't feast on anything else.

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kuntrygal wrote on Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:20 pm:

Your pretty plants did take a beating! But Princess Elizabeth is a beauty!

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glendann wrote on Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:46 pm:

I'm so sorry they messed up
your plants but your Princess is gorgeous.

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Sjoerd wrote on Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:05 pm:

My sincere condolences.
It´s just terrible.
Good luck with your deterrents.

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Pianolady wrote on Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:47 am:

How aggravating! On a side note, crockpot venison cooked in beer is really good. Here's a recipe that is much like what my roommate and I used to cook in college.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/venisongame/r/bl68c2.htm

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cactusflower wrote on Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:30 pm:

Oh I do feel your pain!!! I've had wildlife plucking away at my garden too and it is very upsetting. I wish you luck on your distractions. Such a bummer for the ones they ate!!!

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gardengater wrote on Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:44 pm:

So sorry for your Hostas. Happily they'll grow back. I hope you find a deterrant.

Gardengater

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