Dealing with wildlife is a reality every gardener and homeowner must face from time to time. While you might have to implement strategies to deter common offenders such as squirrels and other rodents, ...

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Deer are a major garden pest, especially for vulnerable plants like tomatoes. Fences can be effective but impractical due to cost, regulations, and deer's ability to find openings. Numerous deer ...

Most of us who garden have a love-hate relationship with deer, affectionately referred to as the “hooved marauders” or some other term I can’t write here. Try as we might to keep them out of our ...

Q: Deer are a big problem at our house. Everyone says that nothing really works to deter them except a fence. True? And if I have to get a fence, what can I get that isn’t super-expensive or ...

Many gardeners want to attract bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds, but most gardeners would rather not have deer or bunnies pay them a visit. Considering how large deer grow and how well ...

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 ...

Keeping hungry deer out of Esquimalt gardens is an ongoing battle for many residents, and at least one township councillor is hoping new rules allowing higher fencing could be on the way. Coun. Duncan ...

Fences are going up to keep out axis deer, but farmers and ranchers say they’re still dealing with millions in losses from crops and degraded pasturelands. DLNR courtesy photo As a result of a fencing ...

Sometimes it seems like the seven plagues of Egypt have nothing on the plight of the gardener. Last I checked, the Ohio River hasn’t turned to blood but that would be about the only insult my garden ...