It's fine that it's raining. I don't have to schlepp water to my poor deer-threatened flowers. That darn lonely deer that thinks my garden was made for it, keeps coming around. Yesterday I yelled at it, chased it into the woods in back, and it only ran a few steps as if to make fun of me. Only when I threw sticks in its direction did it deign to move along. I can't throw worth beans. Or I can throw, but not hit anything. So the deer was in no danger.
Yesterday it was there again. And we played the same game. I bought the expensive deer-off, since I'm tired of making my own and I want to see if this last longer. According to the bottle, it's supposed to last three months. I don't think so! Don't plants grow in three months? Won't there be new growth? Not protected by the deer-off?
Anyway, I had this pretty new rose bush, with flowers already on it, I planted it, and the deer snacked on the flowers as if I had put a salad out for it.
It was great sleeping the last couple of nights. Cool, cold even. I have switched to the summer quilt with just a sheet, and I had to close the windows. Rain now....
Hello Ruth,
ReplyDeletethe world is a Dorf.
I didn´t knew that schlepp is an english word.
Gruß from Portugal to weit wech
Susanne
Dang deer anyway, huh. I can't offer any other solution. I've heard so many and I'm sure you have too. The one about putting some of your hair in a piece of pantyhose or netting won't work if he just runs far enough away to stick his tongue out at you...
ReplyDeleteIn Fountain Green I had a deer problem with my new trees. Don't have anywhere to plant things here yet. And I haven't seen any deer wandering around. But there are a couple of antelope that have jumped the fence they've put up around the Base and I bet they have some good munchies too.
Hope the deer off helps for awhile anyway...
Let us know.