I grew up with The Wonderful World of Disney; "Bambi" is one of my favorite movies. However, lately, I've been pissed off with "Bambl" and his friends. Last year we had our yard landscaped. We have had more than 2000 flowers planted and 65 trees. The winter was unseasonably warm. As a result, the bulbs started budding early. Now that spring is here, new life is popping up all over our yard and I'm so excited to see what the yard will look like this summer. But "Bambi" has got to go! He and his friends have eaten many of my tulips before they can bloom and my gardener says they will grow but will not flower this year.
I went to Home Depot and got a bottle of "DEER OFF" and sprayed my yard. The problem with that is - every time it rains, you have to respray - at $20.00 a bottle that's no laughing matter. I know "they" were here before we were and actually we're probably the "invaders". But "they" live here freely and have no regard for " neighborhood beautification" (even though, they are quite beautiful, when they're not tearing up my yard). I need a tax credit for providing deer rations. :(
"Can't we all just get along!"
My gardener gave me a cheaper remedy - cayenne pepper. I mixed that with water and my husband sprayed the solution all over the yard last night. We'll see how good that works. Also I went online (I tell ya, the internet is fabulous when used for the right reasons) and found the same advice about cayenne pepper. I also found a product called Liquid Fence Deer Repellent and another one called Hot Pepper Wax Deer Repellent.
THIS IS WAR!! If I win, I will take pictures and share.
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Somewhere in my mind, I'm thinking I wrote about this already. If I did, sorry for the redundancy.
If anyone has any other advice on this problem, PLEASE SHARE! Thanx
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Sorry about your flowers. I'm not sure how to stop the deer, but if anybody knows, it will be my in-laws. They have a huge garden and are always trying to keep unwanted animals out. I'll ask them at our Passover sedar and let you know during the week. I think you are in luck, it is not supposed to rain for a few days. I'll talk to you soon.
You know I've been to two or three seders in my lifetime and a rabbi (I think he was a rabbi) came to my church last year to demonstrate and parallel Passover seder and Easter. I was very proud to be able to say I had attended a seder. As a result, I was appointed to come up and light the candles. You know, really, we are all sisters and brothers. And there is but ONE GOD.
As for my flowers, when we came home from church today, it looked like they had grown another inch or two. They are really getting big. I am going to buy the "liquid fence" stuff and see how that works. My husband sprayed the cayenne pepper but ended up throwing the bottle out because the sprayer got clogged up. I hope my yard is beautiful this year. BAMBI go away!
Four-Day week! YAY!
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