[Garden] what goes munch in the night

[Ian Wormsbecker]

And here I thought I _WAS_ rambo :)

I have some mesh stuff at home. I will bring it on Wednesday. No idea
why I didn't think of it in the first place :(

Probably best to put it on the beans and hope we can get a few more out
of it. I think the carrots and beats are pretty much toast, yet still
available to be picked?

Ian


> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org 
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of gcmichal
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:43 AM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] what goes munch in the night
> 
> Since it is deer, there are three strategies that I can see 
> to keep them away:  (1) something that makes them not want to 
> come to the garden, (2) something that prevents them from 
> entering the garden, or
> (3) something that keeps them from eating their favoured 
> delicacies (beans, carrots, beets).  I would go for (3) for 
> next year, or even this year if we can find the right 
> barrier.  We only have a few plots to worry about.  A 
> lightweight net, like a discarded volleyball or tennis net 
> would work, or chicken wire, on an easily assembled frame.  
> (2) would be a lot of work and expense, putting fencing 
> around the whole plot (and deer can jump!).  I don't think 
> many of the first choices, the various recipes for making the 
> place offensive  
> to them, really work very well.  For instance, the human hair idea.   
> We are trying to keep an organic garden.  We would need several  
> bushels of floor sweepings from barber shops to make a difference.   
> So we end up with a garden full of shampoo, conditioner, and 
> hair colouring residues, as well as hairy bean, carrot, and 
> beet patches, and no guarantee that deer or anything else 
> will be kept away.  On the other hand, it might work against 
> marauding teenagers who are particularly easy to gross out.
> 
> We were given some really smelly perfumed soap as a Christmas 
> present, which I could donate.  Maybe we could then rename 
> the garden Patchouli Park.  I don't know if it would deflect 
> deer, but it would sure keep me gasping.
> 
> I think the best solution of all would be a scaredeer 
> constructed to look like  a life-size model of Ian 
> fantasizing about being Rambo.
> - Greg Michalenko
> On Jul 29, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Rachel McQuail wrote:
> 
> > My grandmother in PA hangs soap in her bushes and trees to deter 
> > deer...don't know how well it works but if we continue 
> having problems 
> > perhaps worth a shot?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden- 
> > bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Ian Wormsbecker
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:25 AM
> > To: jrochon at admmail.uwaterloo.ca; garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > Subject: Re: [Garden] what goes munch in the night
> >
> > I guess that rules out a sniper on the garden shed? :(   :)
> >
> > Deer typically roam greatly, so I suspect they just made a 
> stop at the 
> > garden to munch, and hopefully continued on. Short of 
> building a large 
> > fence system, I think we will have problems keeping them 
> out. We had 
> > deer in Calgary as well, and nothing that we tried seemed to deter 
> > them except for the double fence.
> >
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> >> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of J. Rochon
> >> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:20 AM
> >> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Garden] what goes munch in the night
> >>
> >> Gardeners,
> >>                I too had a chat with Joe last night, deer 
> seems to be 
> >> the consensus. Can anyone suggest how to deal with them? 
> Harm is not 
> >> an option.
> >>
> >>                Apparently the pigweed, which is growing so well in 
> >> the 'wild things' section of the garden, is a spring crop. 
> Don't try 
> >> and eat it this late in the summer. The purslane and lambsquarters 
> >> are tasty and good.
> >>
> >>                  I'll be away until Aug 9th, researching peaceful 
> >> anti-deer methods and camping. Have fun, and happy gardening.
> >>
> >>
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